Making a format as a genuine value

I am working with hours difference split between two days. i.e start work at 23:00 on 1st and finish at 07:00 on the second.

Now when it comes for easier typing of the hours I format the cell for CUSTOM 00\:00 so I can type the hours and minutes continuously and the format takes care of placing the colon , that works fine as a format but doesn't return the same result compared to typing the hours the traditional way with the colon inserted manually.

I am after using the format for easier typing and getting the correct result.

Thanks in advance


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that works fine as a format but doesn't return the same result compared to typing the hours the traditional way with the colon inserted manually.

Formatting is only a cosmetic change to the appearance of the data in a cell, it does not change the underlying value/contents of the cell. If you want the cell to contain time, then you need to enter it that way.

Total time:

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You can also use hidden helper columns for the in and out times

You did not post a workbook, nor indicate which cells were holding which values, so the formula was just a generic. Did you replace: "time out cell" with the actual cell address for time in, etc?
The formula would then look like:

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Or what ever your actual cell addresses are.

wow thats quite some delayed reply...almost 4 years?

Why did you post in the Outlook section?

Originally Posted by AliGW

Why did you post in the Outlook section?

I noticed that too, but was more intrigued by the delay in replying

So is it solved or not?

You subtracted the start time from the end time in row 10 and you left out the outer MOD() function as used in G9:

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