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simonc
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      18th Nov 2009
I have a cell set up as format

dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss

and the contents are 01/01/1995 00:00:00

In the cell below I put 01/01/1995 01:00:00

then fill the cells for a few hundred. After about 200 cells the value shows
as

09/01/1995 10:00:01 - in other words the increment being added for each cell
is slightly greater than the desired one hour. I assume this is a lack of
precision in the cell value. Is there a way of changing this?

I am using Excel 2007.

Grateful for advice.
 
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      18th Nov 2009
Enter the first date/time in A1 and in A2 enter:

=A2+TIME(1,0,0) and copy down
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      18th Nov 2009
Sorry:
=A1+TIME(1,0,0)
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"simonc" wrote:

> I have a cell set up as format
>
> dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss
>
> and the contents are 01/01/1995 00:00:00
>
> In the cell below I put 01/01/1995 01:00:00
>
> then fill the cells for a few hundred. After about 200 cells the value shows
> as
>
> 09/01/1995 10:00:01 - in other words the increment being added for each cell
> is slightly greater than the desired one hour. I assume this is a lack of
> precision in the cell value. Is there a way of changing this?
>
> I am using Excel 2007.
>
> Grateful for advice.

 
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