Getting Difference between two cells

[Jimmydageek]

OK I have two cells (different than last posting) that have times listed
in there as shown below.

:20:30
and
:30:40

I want to get the difference between these two cells to show in a third
area so I can see lets say -:10:10 like D2-D1. I try to do this now
but get the #Value! Error. And no Formatting cells helps. How would I
go about this?

TIA.
Jimmy

 

[JJ]

OK I have two cells (different than last posting) that have times listed
in there as shown below.

:20:30
and
:30:40

I want to get the difference between these two cells to show in a third
area so I can see lets say -:10:10 like D2-D1. I try to do this now
but get the #Value! Error. And no Formatting cells helps. How would I
go about this?

TIA.
Jimmy

format those cells as time 00:00:00 and then subtract them
0:30:40-0:20:30=0:10:10 ...... the o is 12 AM as this is a 24 hour format

 

[Jimmydageek]

Problem is that the report that I generate does not enter a value for
the Hour if there is no Hour. For example it literally prints :20:10
and not a "0" in the Hour spot. This creates some havoc on the
Formatting tool. Any ideas?

 

[Pete_UK]

The values are being treated as text, so try this:

Highlight the column containing these entries, choose Data |
Text-to-columns then <finish>

Hope this helps.

Pete