You can still use the formula =B2-A2 to get the elapsed time but it will also be displayed in days until you apply Format Code to :MM. Calc will display these values as days instead of hours/minutes. You could also enter the A2/B2 formulas using the TIME() function, but then you must enter seconds and use function separator semicolon instead of time separator colon: =1+TIME(19 40 0) and =4+TIME(6 56 0). You can use a format or styles and set the Format Code to :MM if you don't want to see the seconds displayed in the cell. In the formula, an entire 24-hour day has a value. The result of the example is 01:40 or 1 hour and 40 minutes. For this example, I get 59:16:00, that is, 59 hours and 16 minutes. The later time is B2 and the earlier time is A2. Then the elapsed time is the simple formula =B2-A2. Times are entered within quotes in your locale's standard format, which for me in the United States, is HH:MM. In this case, Paris to Istanbul, you should enter formula =1+"19:40" in A2 and formula =4+"06:56" in B2. If hours, minutes and seconds are not within range for a valid time, the time will 'roll over', as shown below.
#Openoffice calculate hours from time serial
Syntax: TIME(hours minutes seconds) returns the time, expressed as a date-time serial number. An example:-ī2 Arr (HH:MM)To calculate elapsed time, you will need to supply both the day number and the time for the train's departure and arrival. returns the time, given hours, minutes and seconds. I think I have to enter the number of days over the first and last to calculate the difference successfully. Both the long and short form of the strings can be used. The string indicates the unit of time and can have the following values msmillisecond, sssecond,miminute,hhhour, ddday, mmmonth, yy year. This allows adding/subtracting one duration with another without having to do any extra math to convert to/from decimal. Does simple math of two time values in the format MM:DD:YY. Example depart Paris 1940 Day 1 and arrive Istanbul 06.56 on Day 4. 'Returns the count of units of time elapsed from datetime1 to datetime2. Calculator GUI+CLI, but for time intervals. In certain countries, 24-hour time is referred to as military time, since this is the time format used by militaries (and other entities) around the world, where unambiguous time measurement is particularly important. These may take at least one day but possibly more. The hours from 0-11 denote what would be the AM hours on a 12-hour clock, while hours 12-23 denote the PM hours of a 12-hour clock.
Aldringtronhalt wrote:I am trying to calculate elapsed time for railway trains.