Formula is counting cell if nothing is entered

[Guest]

I have made a timesheet that will automatically round up to the nearest
quarter hour, but if no time is entered the round column stays as 12:00 am
and calcualtes as such. The first col. has the actual time then the second
col. has the formula =round(E12*24/0.25,0)*0.25/24 which works to round the
time, but, as I said, if nothing is entered in the time, the round col. shows
12:00 am.

 

[Guest]

Hi

Try one of the following modifications to your formula:

=IF(E12="","",ROUND(E12*24/0.25,0)*0.25/24)
=IF(ISBLANK(E12),"",ROUND(E12*24/0.25,0)*0.25/24)

Regards,
B. R. Ramachandran

 

[Guest]

I have tried both of those before and it comes back with a "Incorrect time
format" box and indicates to cancel or retry...

 

[Gord Dibben]

Jennifer

Trap the error in your formula.

=IF(E12="","",ROUND(E12*24/0.25,0)*0.25/24)

If E12 is blank then nothing, otherwise do the calculation.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I did try out the formulas before suggesting them to you. They do work.
Make sure that the cell(s) containing the formula is(are) formatted for
"Time" as "1:30 PM".

Regards,
B. R. Ramachandran