BTW. You could use data validation to guide them to ONLY input as desired. Or, an input box macro.
Don Guillett Microsoft MVP Excel SalesAid Software dguille...@gmail.com From: pawel lupinski Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 7:18 AM To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ format a cell Maries, this is great, realy simplistic working fine, but what I find out today is that people have tendency to input "2.3" what means "02:30" but formula exchanging it to "00:23" can you help me on this? I've done something like that: =IF(ISERROR(LEN(A1)-FIND(".",A1,1)),TIME(LEFT(TEXT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",""),"0000"),2),RIGHT(TEXT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",""),"0000"),2),0),IF((LEN(A1)-FIND(".",A1,1))=1,TIME(LEFT(TEXT(SUBSTITUTE(A1&0,".",""),"0000"),2),RIGHT(TEXT(SUBSTITUTE(A1&0,".",""),"0000"),2),0),TIME(LEFT(TEXT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",""),"0000"),2),RIGHT(TEXT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",""),"0000"),2),0))) But if you can have a look and simplified it will be graet Regards, Pawel From: Maries <talk2mar...@gmail.com> To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 8:36 AM Subject: Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ format a cell Dear All, For these three conditions - 532, 1215 & 12.10, try below formula. =TIME(LEFT(TEXT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",""),"0000"),2),RIGHT(TEXT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",""),"0000"),2),0) Regards, MARIES. On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:16 AM, LAKSHMAN PRASAD <lakshman_...@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear All, If my input is 1215 or 12.15 converted to 12:15 of 12:15 From: Aamir Shahzad <aamirshahza...@gmail.com> To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:22 AM Subject: Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ format a cell Now see the attached file. Aamir Shahzad On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:07 AM, LAKSHMAN PRASAD <lakshman_...@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Noorain, I think he want 532, and I'd like to be converted to 05:32 From: NOORAIN ANSARI <noorain.ans...@gmail.com> To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 7:55 AM Subject: Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ format a cell Dear Pawel. Please try it.. =TIME(LEFT(C4,1),RIGHT(C4,2),0) -- Thanks & regards, Noorain Ansari http://noorainansari.com/ http://excelmacroworld.blogspot.com/ On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 7:35 PM, pawel lupinski <lupins...@yahoo.com> wrote: Hi All, I need your help on this simple task i don't know how to do this and for you it will be easy. I'd like to input eg 532, and I'd like to be converted to 05:32 or input 5.32 and be converted to 5:32. I've tried to change cell format like "hh:mm", "[hh]:mm" but its not working what I've received as outcome is data and time format like "12768:00" Can you help me, please. Regards, Pawel -- FORUM RULES (986+ members already BANNED for violation) 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. 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