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gumby5647
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Sep 22, 2008, 03:39 PM
 
I need a formula that will calculate the time it took from point A to point B

Example.
If i put in 07:15 in one cell...and 13:10 in another cell, I need a formula that will calculate it took 5 hours and 55 minutes to go from A to B.

any help?
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Sep 22, 2008, 06:05 PM
 
=B-A

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Sep 22, 2008, 08:03 PM
 
did you ever try to see if that worked? Don't you think i woulda thought of something that simple...


Seriously.
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Sep 23, 2008, 02:17 PM
 
Sorry, I didn't read the title and assumed Excel since that's what most people use. Numbers is completely braindead (and slower than dog poop with large tables).

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Sep 26, 2008, 01:16 PM
 
I don't have Numbers, but I tried the following in NeoOffice Calc and got the correct answer: In cell a2 I put 07:15, in b2 I put 13:10, then in c2 I entered =(b2<a2)+b2-a2. 05:55 was computed. You might give that a try in Numbers.
     
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Sep 26, 2008, 01:41 PM
 
Originally Posted by mduell View Post
Sorry, I didn't read the title and assumed Excel since that's what most people use. Numbers is completely braindead (and slower than dog poop with large tables).

Good luck!
Yeah, you're right....it does work in Excel.....

kinda disappointed that I can't get it to work in Numbers
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Sep 26, 2008, 02:19 PM
 
It works just fine in Numbers except that it returns the decimal portion of a day 0.2465....
Multiplied out, it gives the right answer!
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