Excel: calculate period between dates Thread poster: Samuel Murray
| Samuel Murray Netherlands Local time: 05:47 Member (2006) English to Afrikaans + ...
Hello Suppose I have two columns of dates & times in Excel, how can I calculate the time difference between the two columns? So, cell A1 = "28/01/2011 17:57" and cell A2 = "01/07/2011 11:14". According to an online calculator, the time difference is 154 days 17 hours 17 minutes. I don't care in what format the answer is given: days/hours/minutes, hours/minutes, hours, minutes, seconds, etc., as long as I can see the difference. I tried convert... See more Hello Suppose I have two columns of dates & times in Excel, how can I calculate the time difference between the two columns? So, cell A1 = "28/01/2011 17:57" and cell A2 = "01/07/2011 11:14". According to an online calculator, the time difference is 154 days 17 hours 17 minutes. I don't care in what format the answer is given: days/hours/minutes, hours/minutes, hours, minutes, seconds, etc., as long as I can see the difference. I tried converting the dates to computer time (you know, offset from 1970) but could not figure out how. Thanks Samuel ▲ Collapse | | | Tomasz Sienicki Denmark Local time: 05:47 Member (2007) Danish to Polish + ... A simple subtraction | Nov 17, 2021 |
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Samuel Murray wrote: Hello Suppose I have two columns of dates & times in Excel, how can I calculate the time difference between the two columns? So, cell A1 = "28/01/2011 17:57" and cell A2 = "01/07/2011 11:14". According to an online calculator, the time difference is 154 days 17 hours 17 minutes. I don't care in what format the answer is given: days/hours/minutes, hours/minutes, hours, minutes, seconds, etc., as long as I can see the difference. I tried converting the dates to computer time (you know, offset from 1970) but could not figure out how. Thanks Samuel converting time from an Excel cell to computer time might require some serious tinkering: the operating system counts time in milliseconds (or even with a 100ns resolution), Excel time is counted by whole seconds. Even the simple "time difference between 2 Excel cells" is not always so "simple" - you have to be careful not to get results with a meaningless precision. | |
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Samuel Murray wrote: I tried converting the dates to computer time (you know, offset from 1970) but could not figure out how. Have a look here : https://www.epochconverter.com/ In Excel (2016) it corresponds to = (Cellwithhumandate-DATE(1970;1;1))*86400 Could be different formulas, I use this one when needed. Hope this helps! | | | To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator: You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request » Excel: calculate period between dates Anycount & Translation Office 3000 | Translation Office 3000
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