I have two columns in excel with datetime values and I want to get the difference between those two columns in hours.
If I try to subtract these two dates, I get #VALUE! in the resulting cell.
I tried to use datedif function of excel but it also gave me #VALUE! in the result cell.
I do not know how to get the difference.
If you are getting a #VALUE! error when simply substracting the dates, it means that at least one of those values is actually not a date but probably just a string. You may need to convert them to Date first.
To check if Excel thinks of your value as of date, try to set a different format of the date, or call a =DAY(yourCell) function on it. If it returns a number, it is a date, if it returns #VALUE!, it is not.
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How do I separate date and time from this 2006-09-02T01:07:59.100 I’ve tried =int(A2) but it gives a value error. Please help.
in the column for Date put this formula: =left(A2,10), for the time: =right(A2,12)
Not sure what your purpose is. Display date and time separately or actually have two different values in different cells.
Excel does not play nice with "T" in the middle of the timestamp. You must remove "T" using a string function. Once you have done that your value will format nicely as a date. INT works for the date part, MOD works for time, format cells accordingly.
If display is the only requirement, put the same value in both cells and use cell formatting -- one for Date, one for Time.
I'm having a strange issue here with Excel. I'm working with a custom datetime format in one column...
9/1/2017 12:02:01 AM
This is cell C2. However, using LEN on this cell gives me this...
1900-01-15 00:00:00
I've tried changing the format to General, or Text, and messing around with some custom datetimes, but it doesn't help. I will get the same answer. My goal here is to use this as an exercise and trim the date and time, putting them in separate columns. This spreadsheet was originally created using Google Sheets, not sure if that might explain it?
UPDATE: Ok, so about 1 minute after posting this I think I figured it out? I used LEN in the column to the left of column C, so B. I had been using column D. For some reason, column B returned the numerical value. Obviously I'm very new to Excel. I didn't think column placement mattered in this case. Why does it?
That's because you have formatted the result to be shown as a date.
Remember, dates are simply really large numbers. So, what has happened here is that you get the correct result from LEN(), but then you have formatted this result to be interpreted as a date.
The date seems to indicate the result was 15. In dates, this is 15 full days from 1900 January 1st.
So, you just have to change the format of that cell from a date, to be a number :)
The two columns in Excel contain custom date in a format of d-mmm. The date 19-Jul in column D11 is for the month 2021. The date 3-Jan in column H8 is for the month 2022. I am using the below formula to compare the two dates, and the result should be true, but somehow this formula returns false.
=IF(H$8>=$D11),"True","False")
One way to prove to yourself that the problem is likely the format of the "dates" themselves is to flip the formula: If =IF($D11>H$8,"True","False") (omitted first parenthesis as that seems to be an input error) also returns "False", then you are not comparing dates.
You can fix this issue a million different ways depending on what the cell is actually being stored as; I'm sure you will be able to quickly find something.
I'm trying to count the occurrence of a given month in a column of months. I've tried various formulas using both COUNTIF and SUMPRODUCT, but every method returns "wrong data type" or 0. I've even created a simplified sheet with the most basic example, and it's still returning the error.
Any help would be appreciated:
The formula I'm using to count, for example, the number of times a date in April occurs:
=SUMPRODUCT((A:A>=DATEVALUE("4/1/2018"))*(A:A<=DATEVALUE("4/30/2018")))
Returns wrong data type
=COUNTIFS(A:A,">=4/1/2018",A:A,"<=4/30/2018")
Returns 0
Once this is working properly, I then will need to expand the formula to only count the number of months in the column corresponding to text in another column. In the pasted graphic above, how many 'dog' entries for April.
Use COUNTIFS, but your date comparison criteria can be constructed with the operator within quotation marks, followed by the ampersand, then the date in question "built up" using the DATE function, e.g.
=COUNTIFS(A:A,">="&DATE(2018,4,1),A:A,"<="&DATE(2018,4,30),B:B,"Dog")
EDIT:
The problem may be related to a discrepancy between the formatted dates, e.g. "4/30/18", and the regional date/time settings on your computer.
It should be noted that the entire date and operator, within quotation marks, should work as long as the date format matches the regional date/time settings on your computer. For example, the following formula works for me.
=COUNTIFS(A:A,">=4/1/2018",A:A,"<=4/30/2018",B:B,"Dog")
In any case, using the DATE function to build up the date from the month, day, and year will circumvent this possible issue.
I have two columns:
C2=4/27/15 11:00:26 AM
D2=4/27/15 11:01:46 AM
I'm trying to calculate the time difference in seconds using the formula
=(D2-C2)*24*60*60
But I'm getting #Value error.
Generally a #VALUE error means you are trying to do math on a text value. One of your dates is probably in text format.
Try retyping your dates and see if that makes your formula work.
If you need to have the actual seconds in a number you can use elsewhere then your formula should work, if the dates are in the correct format.
Here are the specific ways to get the time difference between two dates in two different cells - notice the cell format is important:
https://support.office.com/en-ca/article/Calculate-the-difference-between-two-times-e1c78778-749b-49a3-b13e-737715505ff6
And the DATEDIF function gives you the difference in days/months/years
=DATEDIF(C2,D2,"M")
You should use the INT function
=INT((D2-C2)*86400)
And as #Tember mentioned, cell formats are important..