http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DateTimeEntry.htm

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Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Rog" <clint.wagner@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> This may be a fairly simple one. I am trying to format a cell so that I
> only have to type "124545" to get the result of 12:45:45
> (hour:minute:second).
>
> I have tried using "Custom" formatting with the given options in excel,
> but have not found the right solution yet. So here I am. Any way to
> format the cell so that the output will display as desired (12:45:45)???
>
> Thanks,
> CW