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In this article, Software Tips will guide you on how to convert time to hours, minutes, or decimal numbers and vice versa.
Converting Time to Hours and Minutes in Excel
Method 1: Use the conversion operation to convert to hours by multiplying by 24, specifically the number of hours in a day.
To obtain only the integer part, use the INT function to discard the decimal part.
Method 2: Use the Convert function with the syntax =CONVERT(value, 'day', 'hr').
Where value is the value to be converted.
Method 3: Use the HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND functions to compute the result.
= HOUR(value) + MINUTE(value)/60 + SECOND(value)/3600
Where value represents the value to be converted.
When you can convert time to hours, you can similarly convert it to minutes and seconds.
How to split time into date and hour columns
In some cases, you may receive data in a column containing both date and time. To split the original data into two columns: one for date and one for time, follow these steps:
To extract the date, use the formula =INT(value).
To adjust the date format, on the Home (1) tab => click on Number Format (2) and select Short Date (3).
To retrieve the time in hours and minutes, use the MOD function with the syntax =MOD(value,1).
To adjust the date format, on the Home (1) tab => click on Number format (2) and choose Time (3).
How to convert time to decimal number in Excel
To convert time to hours, multiply the time by 24 (number of hours in a day).
To convert time to minutes, multiply the time by 1440 (number of minutes in a day = 24 * 60).
To convert time to seconds, multiply the time by 86400 (number of seconds in a day = 24 * 60 * 60).
Here, Software Tips has guided you on how to change time in Excel. Wish you all success!
