stopwatch times

Excel 2007 cell formating - I need to enter stopwatch testing times in
minutes and seconds format. I have tried mm:ss and [mm]:ss. With both Excel
wants to add "12 hours" in front of and "AM" behind all the values I enter.
With the 12 hours the values will not graph correctly. These values are not
the result of a calculation. I simply want to enter the values directly onto
the spreadsheet and create a graph. How do I overcome this problem? Thank
you.

How Excel handles dates and times is a bit tricky until you understand what
it's doing behind the scenes. In order to do math on times (because times
are in base 60 rather than base 100 like most other things), Excel does a
trick where it stores times as portions of a day. So, if you enter 12:00PM,
noon, it is actually storing .5, or half a day. If you format your dates as
numbers, you'll see this. 0 is exactly midnight, .5 is noon, .75 is 6:00 pm,
etc.

What you probably want to do is graph the number of minutes elapsed. You
can input your data as a time like 00:01:27 for 1 minute and 27 seconds.
Then, you can convert that time value into human-readable minutes by
multiplying by 1440 (the number of minutes in a day). Assuming you have your
times in column A, column B will just contain =A1*1440 .

The result, for example, with 00:02:00 will be 2. (1440 * 00:02:00 = 2
minutes)

I'm thinking you can graph the values in column B and get what you need.

Happy calculating!

"Craig" wrote:

Excel 2007 cell formating - I need to enter stopwatch testing times in
minutes and seconds format. I have tried mm:ss and [mm]:ss. With both Excel
wants to add "12 hours" in front of and "AM" behind all the values I enter.
With the 12 hours the values will not graph correctly. These values are not
the result of a calculation. I simply want to enter the values directly onto
the spreadsheet and create a graph. How do I overcome this problem? Thank
you.

That is way Excel stores date & time values...

Just format the cell as mm:ss and graph it... Excel will take care of the
rest...

You will just have to enter minutes and seconds values as 00:10:20
for 10 mins and 20 secs




"Craig" wrote:

Excel 2007 cell formating - I need to enter stopwatch testing times in
minutes and seconds format. I have tried mm:ss and [mm]:ss. With both Excel
wants to add "12 hours" in front of and "AM" behind all the values I enter.
With the 12 hours the values will not graph correctly. These values are not
the result of a calculation. I simply want to enter the values directly onto
the spreadsheet and create a graph. How do I overcome this problem? Thank
you.

Hi,

You've gotten a lot of good stuff already.

I think your problem lies in the way you are entering the times - just
because you have the format set to [mm]:ss doesn't mean you can enter 12
minutes and 15 seconds as 12:15. Excel will assume this is hour and then
minutes. You need to tell Excel the hours, so 00:12:15 is what you would
enter.

--
If this helps, please click the Yes button.

Cheers,
Shane Devenshire


"Craig" wrote:

Excel 2007 cell formating - I need to enter stopwatch testing times in
minutes and seconds format. I have tried mm:ss and [mm]:ss. With both Excel
wants to add "12 hours" in front of and "AM" behind all the values I enter.
With the 12 hours the values will not graph correctly. These values are not
the result of a calculation. I simply want to enter the values directly onto
the spreadsheet and create a graph. How do I overcome this problem? Thank
you.

Thanks to each of who responded so promptly. These were each a great help.
It just means that I apparently have to enter a lot of zeros (the hour) and
colons that I was hoping to avoid. All I have is minutes and seconds. I
don't like that Excel displays the 12 and the AM for a user to see, which may
be confusing. Nonetheless, thanks again to all.



"GSnyder" wrote:

How Excel handles dates and times is a bit tricky until you understand what
it's doing behind the scenes. In order to do math on times (because times
are in base 60 rather than base 100 like most other things), Excel does a
trick where it stores times as portions of a day. So, if you enter 12:00PM,
noon, it is actually storing .5, or half a day. If you format your dates as
numbers, you'll see this. 0 is exactly midnight, .5 is noon, .75 is 6:00 pm,
etc.

What you probably want to do is graph the number of minutes elapsed. You
can input your data as a time like 00:01:27 for 1 minute and 27 seconds.
Then, you can convert that time value into human-readable minutes by
multiplying by 1440 (the number of minutes in a day). Assuming you have your
times in column A, column B will just contain =A1*1440 .

The result, for example, with 00:02:00 will be 2. (1440 * 00:02:00 = 2
minutes)

I'm thinking you can graph the values in column B and get what you need.

Happy calculating!

"Craig" wrote:

Excel 2007 cell formating - I need to enter stopwatch testing times in
minutes and seconds format. I have tried mm:ss and [mm]:ss. With both Excel
wants to add "12 hours" in front of and "AM" behind all the values I enter.
With the 12 hours the values will not graph correctly. These values are not
the result of a calculation. I simply want to enter the values directly onto
the spreadsheet and create a graph. How do I overcome this problem? Thank
you.

You can simplify the data entry a bit.
It doesn't need 00:01:27; you can use 0:1:27 (or 1:27.0)
--
David Biddulph

"Craig" wrote in message
...
Thanks to each of who responded so promptly. These were each a great
help.
It just means that I apparently have to enter a lot of zeros (the hour)
and
colons that I was hoping to avoid. All I have is minutes and seconds. I
don't like that Excel displays the 12 and the AM for a user to see, which
may
be confusing. Nonetheless, thanks again to all.



"GSnyder" wrote:

How Excel handles dates and times is a bit tricky until you understand
what
it's doing behind the scenes. In order to do math on times (because
times
are in base 60 rather than base 100 like most other things), Excel does a
trick where it stores times as portions of a day. So, if you enter
12:00PM,
noon, it is actually storing .5, or half a day. If you format your dates
as
numbers, you'll see this. 0 is exactly midnight, .5 is noon, .75 is 6:00
pm,
etc.

What you probably want to do is graph the number of minutes elapsed. You
can input your data as a time like 00:01:27 for 1 minute and 27 seconds.
Then, you can convert that time value into human-readable minutes by
multiplying by 1440 (the number of minutes in a day). Assuming you have
your
times in column A, column B will just contain =A1*1440 .

The result, for example, with 00:02:00 will be 2. (1440 * 00:02:00 = 2
minutes)

I'm thinking you can graph the values in column B and get what you need.

Happy calculating!

"Craig" wrote:

Excel 2007 cell formating - I need to enter stopwatch testing times in
minutes and seconds format. I have tried mm:ss and [mm]:ss. With both
Excel
wants to add "12 hours" in front of and "AM" behind all the values I
enter.
With the 12 hours the values will not graph correctly. These values
are not
the result of a calculation. I simply want to enter the values
directly onto
the spreadsheet and create a graph. How do I overcome this problem?
Thank
you.

Thank you.


"David Biddulph" wrote:

You can simplify the data entry a bit.
It doesn't need 00:01:27; you can use 0:1:27 (or 1:27.0)
--
David Biddulph

"Craig" wrote in message
...
Thanks to each of who responded so promptly. These were each a great
help.
It just means that I apparently have to enter a lot of zeros (the hour)
and
colons that I was hoping to avoid. All I have is minutes and seconds. I
don't like that Excel displays the 12 and the AM for a user to see, which
may
be confusing. Nonetheless, thanks again to all.



"GSnyder" wrote:

How Excel handles dates and times is a bit tricky until you understand
what
it's doing behind the scenes. In order to do math on times (because
times
are in base 60 rather than base 100 like most other things), Excel does a
trick where it stores times as portions of a day. So, if you enter
12:00PM,
noon, it is actually storing .5, or half a day. If you format your dates
as
numbers, you'll see this. 0 is exactly midnight, .5 is noon, .75 is 6:00
pm,
etc.

What you probably want to do is graph the number of minutes elapsed. You
can input your data as a time like 00:01:27 for 1 minute and 27 seconds.
Then, you can convert that time value into human-readable minutes by
multiplying by 1440 (the number of minutes in a day). Assuming you have
your
times in column A, column B will just contain =A1*1440 .

The result, for example, with 00:02:00 will be 2. (1440 * 00:02:00 = 2
minutes)

I'm thinking you can graph the values in column B and get what you need.

Happy calculating!

"Craig" wrote:

Excel 2007 cell formating - I need to enter stopwatch testing times in
minutes and seconds format. I have tried mm:ss and [mm]:ss. With both
Excel
wants to add "12 hours" in front of and "AM" behind all the values I
enter.
With the 12 hours the values will not graph correctly. These values
are not
the result of a calculation. I simply want to enter the values
directly onto
the spreadsheet and create a graph. How do I overcome this problem?
Thank
you.

Try this stopwatch http://www.XNoteStopwatch.com
Splits time into Excel and change cell's format accordintly.



Crai wrote:

stopwatch times
01-???-09

Excel 2007 cell formating - I need to enter stopwatch testing times in
minutes and seconds format. I have tried mm:ss and [mm]:ss. With both Excel
wants to add "12 hours" in front of and "AM" behind all the values I enter.
With the 12 hours the values will not graph correctly. These values are not
the result of a calculation. I simply want to enter the values directly onto
the spreadsheet and create a graph. How do I overcome this problem? Thank
you.

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On 1 ????? 2009 ?. 19:09
Crai wrote:

stopwatch times
Excel 2007 cell formating - I need to enter stopwatch testing times in
minutes and seconds format. I have tried mm:ss and [mm]:ss. With both Excel
wants to add "12 hours" in front of and "AM" behind all the values I enter.
With the 12 hours the values will not graph correctly. These values are not
the result of a calculation. I simply want to enter the values directly onto
the spreadsheet and create a graph. How do I overcome this problem? Thank
you.

On 1 ????? 2009 ?. 19:24
GSnyde wrote:

How Excel handles dates and times is a bit tricky until you understand what
How Excel handles dates and times is a bit tricky until you understand what
it's doing behind the scenes. In order to do math on times (because times
are in base 60 rather than base 100 like most other things), Excel does a
trick where it stores times as portions of a day. So, if you enter 12:00PM,
noon, it is actually storing .5, or half a day. If you format your dates as
numbers, you'll see this. 0 is exactly midnight, .5 is noon, .75 is 6:00 pm,
etc.

What you probably want to do is graph the number of minutes elapsed. You
can input your data as a time like 00:01:27 for 1 minute and 27 seconds.
Then, you can convert that time value into human-readable minutes by
multiplying by 1440 (the number of minutes in a day). Assuming you have your
times in column A, column B will just contain =A1*1440 .

The result, for example, with 00:02:00 will be 2. (1440 * 00:02:00 = 2
minutes)

I'm thinking you can graph the values in column B and get what you need.

Happy calculating!

"Craig" wrote:

On 1 ????? 2009 ?. 19:31
Click on my name above to get instructions for getting my email id wrote:

That is way Excel stores date & time values...
That is way Excel stores date & time values...

Just format the cell as mm:ss and graph it... Excel will take care of the
rest...

You will just have to enter minutes and seconds values as 00:10:20
for 10 mins and 20 secs




"Craig" wrote:

On 1 ????? 2009 ?. 19:49
shanedevenshir wrote:

Hi,You've gotten a lot of good stuff already.
Hi,

You've gotten a lot of good stuff already.

I think your problem lies in the way you are entering the times - just
because you have the format set to [mm]:ss doesn't mean you can enter 12
minutes and 15 seconds as 12:15. Excel will assume this is hour and then
minutes. You need to tell Excel the hours, so 00:12:15 is what you would
enter.

--
If this helps, please click the Yes button.

Cheers,
Shane Devenshire


"Craig" wrote:

On 1 ????? 2009 ?. 23:15
Crai wrote:

Thanks to each of who responded so promptly. These were each a great help.
Thanks to each of who responded so promptly. These were each a great help.
It just means that I apparently have to enter a lot of zeros (the hour) and
colons that I was hoping to avoid. All I have is minutes and seconds. I
don't like that Excel displays the 12 and the AM for a user to see, which may
be confusing. Nonetheless, thanks again to all.



"GSnyder" wrote:

On 2 ????? 2009 ?. 3:39
David Biddulph wrote:

You can simplify the data entry a bit.
You can simplify the data entry a bit.
It does not need 00:01:27; you can use 0:1:27 (or 1:27.0)
--
David Biddulph

On 2 ????? 2009 ?. 8:12
Crai wrote:

stopwatch times
Thank you.


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