I have an ususual problem in that I have two columns of time and I am trying to get the number of seconds in them. The way that my time format is setup is as follows:
105236
105331

In this example, the difference between the two times is 55 seconds.

Unfortunately, the raw data for my time is as above and is not in an easy format like 10:52:36 and 10:53:31. If it were, I could use one of two formulas like = (c1 - b1,"s") or = (c1 - b1) * 86400.

The problem with the data that I have is that I cannot get Excel to read the formatting of the time data that I have. It basically does not understand the values as a time value. Could someone please give me some suggestions on how to deal with my problem.

The last thing I want to do is to parse through my two columns and do the following:

10 * 3600 = 36000
52 * 60 = 3120
36 * 1 = 36
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39156


10 *3600 = 36000
53 * 60 = 3180
31 * 1 = 31
----------
39211

39211 - 39156 = 55 seconds

Shiva,

Excel works in decimal numbers - you have sexagesimal.

Suggest you convert, for example using division and INT - or maybe integer division if using VBA. You can combine the elements (hours, minute, seconds) with the TIME worksheet function and do subtraction in the normal manner.

HTH,
Fazza