Convert duration in text to HH:MM:SS format in excel

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I have an extract of data where the duration for an activity is listed as ## hour ## Minutes ## Seconds ex. 1 hour 22 minutes 29 seconds. Is there a way to convert this a time format so I can perform date math between two activities?

Not all entries have hour, minutes and seconds. There are some that have 54 minutes or 30 seconds or 3 minutes 8 seconds.

Any help is appreciated.
 

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Are the times listed in a column? Are the words "hours", "minutes", and "seconds" used in the time?
 
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Yes to all. Below is a sample from the column.


[TABLE="width: 251"]
<colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]1 hour 22 Minutes 29 Seconds [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 hour 23 Minutes 12 Seconds [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2 hours 16 Minutes 39 Seconds [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19 Minutes 25 Seconds [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]13 Minutes 28 Seconds [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3 Minutes 37 Seconds [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 hour 23 Minutes 41 Seconds [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19 hours 4 Minutes 20 Seconds [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]29 Minutes 27 Seconds [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19 hours 36 Minutes 30 Seconds [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 Minute [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]33 Seconds [/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
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This was fun and a challenge. I'm sure one of the VBA aces will come up with a better solution, but I got it to work (I think).

I used these options (slightly different from your list):


<tbody>
[TD="class: xl65"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]Hours[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]Minutes[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]Seconds[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]1 hour 22 Minutes 29 Seconds[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]22[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]29[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]1 hour 23 Minutes 12 Seconds[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]23[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]12[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]2 hours 16 Minutes 39 Seconds[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]16[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]39[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]19 Minutes 25 Seconds[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]19[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]25[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]13 Minutes 28 Seconds[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]13[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]28[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]3 Minutes 37 Seconds[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]37[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]1 hour 41 Seconds[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]41[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]19 hours 4 Minutes[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]19[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]0[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]29 Minutes 27 Seconds[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]29[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]27[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]19 hours 36 Minutes 30 Seconds[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]19[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]36[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]30[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]1 Minute[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]0[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]33 Seconds[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]33[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]2 Hours 5 seconds[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]5[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]2 Hours 5 minutes[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]0[/TD]

[TD="class: xl66, width: 255"]9 hours[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]9[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, align: right"]0[/TD]

</tbody>

[TABLE="width: 447"]
<tbody>[TR]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[/TR]
[TR]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
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Editing after posting is a real nightmare.

Macro:

Code: 
Sub BreakoutTime()
Dim strg() As String, i As Integer, LR As Long, u As Long, j As Integer
LR = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row

For i = 2 To LR
strg = Split(Range("A" & i))
u = UBound(strg)

If u = 5 Then
  If "h" = Left(LCase(strg(1)), 1) Then
    Cells(i, 2) = strg(0)
    Cells(i, 3) = strg(2)
    Cells(i, 4) = strg(4)
  End If
 ElseIf u = 3 Then
       Cells(i, 2) = 0
       Cells(i, 3) = 0
       Cells(i, 4) = 0
     If "h" = Left(LCase(strg(1)), 1) Then
       Cells(i, 2) = strg(0)
       ElseIf "m" = Left(LCase(strg(1)), 1) Then
       Cells(i, 3) = strg(0)
       ElseIf "s" = Left(LCase(strg(1)), 1) Then
       Cells(i, 4) = strg(0)
     End If
    If "m" = Left(LCase(strg(3)), 1) Then
     Cells(i, 3) = strg(2)
     ElseIf "s" = Left(LCase(strg(3)), 1) Then
     Cells(i, 4) = strg(2)
    End If
  ElseIf u = 1 Then
       Cells(i, 2) = 0
       Cells(i, 3) = 0
       Cells(i, 4) = 0
     If "h" = Left(LCase(strg(1)), 1) Then
       Cells(i, 2) = strg(0)
     ElseIf "m" = Left(LCase(strg(1)), 1) Then
       Cells(i, 3) = strg(0)
     ElseIf "s" = Left(LCase(strg(1)), 1) Then
       Cells(i, 4) = strg(0)
     End If
  End If
    
Next
End Sub
 
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Here's a lightly tested UDF if you prefer to use a function as in the example below.
Sheet1


AB
DataElapsed Time
1 hour 22 Minutes 29 Seconds
1 hour 23 Minutes 12 Seconds
2 hours 16 Minutes 39 Seconds
19 Minutes 25 Seconds
13 Minutes 28 Seconds
3 Minutes 37 Seconds
1 hour 41 Seconds
19 hours 4 Minutes
29 Minutes 27 Seconds
19 hours 36 Minutes 30 Seconds
1 Minute
33 Seconds
2 hours 5 Seconds
2 hours 5 Minutes
9 hours

<colgroup><col style="font-weight:bold; width:30px; "><col style="width:205px;"><col style="width:84px;"></colgroup><tbody>
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]1[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]2[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]01:22:29[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]3[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]01:23:12[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]4[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]02:16:39[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]5[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]00:19:25[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]6[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]00:13:28[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]7[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]00:03:37[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]8[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]01:00:41[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]9[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]19:04:00[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]10[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]00:29:27[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]11[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]19:36:30[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]12[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]00:01:00[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]13[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]00:00:33[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]14[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]02:00:05[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]15[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]02:05:00[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=cacaca]#cacaca[/URL] , align: center"]16[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]09:00:00[/TD]

</tbody>

Spreadsheet Formulas
CellFormula
B2=HHMMSS(A2)+0

<tbody>
</tbody>

<tbody>
</tbody>


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Code: 
Option Compare Text
Function HHMMSS(S As String) As Variant
Dim V As Variant, HH, MM, SS
V = Split(S, " ")
If InStr(S, "hour") > 0 And InStr(S, "Minute") > 0 And InStr(S, "Second") > 0 Then
    HH = V(0)
    MM = V(2)
    SS = V(4)
    HHMMSS = HH & ":" & MM & ":" & SS
    Exit Function
End If
If InStr(S, "hour") = 0 And InStr(S, "Minute") > 0 And InStr(S, "Second") > 0 Then
    HH = "00"
    MM = V(0)
    SS = V(2)
    HHMMSS = HH & ":" & MM & ":" & SS
    Exit Function
End If
If InStr(S, "hour") = 0 And InStr(S, "Minute") = 0 And InStr(S, "Second") > 0 Then
    HH = "00"
    MM = "00"
    SS = V(0)
    HHMMSS = HH & ":" & MM & ":" & SS
    Exit Function
End If
If InStr(S, "hour") = 0 And InStr(S, "Minute") > 0 And InStr(S, "Second") = 0 Then
    HH = "00"
    MM = V(0)
    SS = "00"
    HHMMSS = HH & ":" & MM & ":" & SS
    Exit Function
End If
If InStr(S, "hour") > 0 And InStr(S, "Minute") = 0 And InStr(S, "Second") = 0 Then
    HH = V(0)
    MM = "00"
    SS = "00"
    HHMMSS = HH & ":" & MM & ":" & SS
    Exit Function
End If
If InStr(S, "hour") > 0 And InStr(S, "Minute") = 0 And InStr(S, "Second") > 0 Then
    HH = V(0)
    MM = "00"
    SS = V(2)
    HHMMSS = HH & ":" & MM & ":" & SS
    Exit Function
End If
If InStr(S, "hour") > 0 And InStr(S, "Minute") > 0 And InStr(S, "Second") = 0 Then
    HH = V(0)
    MM = V(2)
    SS = "00"
    HHMMSS = HH & ":" & MM & ":" & SS
    Exit Function
End If

End Function
 
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Another option:

Code: 
Function TimeConv(STR As String)
Dim arr As Variant
Dim i As Integer
Dim FinalTime As String
Dim hr As Integer, min As Integer, sec As Integer
hr = 0
min = 0
sec = 0
arr = Split(STR, " ")
For i = 1 To UBound(arr)
    Select Case LCase(arr(i))
        Case "hour", "hours"
        hr = arr(i - 1)
        Case "minute", "minutes"
        min = arr(i - 1)
        Case "second", "seconds"
        sec = arr(i - 1)
    End Select
Next i
TimeConv = TimeValue(hr & ":" & min & ":" & sec)
End Function
 
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Here is the UDF (user defined function) that I came up with (it will allow abbreviations for the Hours, Minutes and Seconds in case that should ever occur)...
Code: 
Function GetTime(ByVal S As String) As Date
  Dim X As Long, Z As Long, V As Variant, Part() As String, HMS(1 To 3) As Long
  S = LCase(Replace("x" & Replace(S & " ", "s ", "", , , vbTextCompare), " ", ""))
  For Each V In Array("h", "m", "s")
    Z = Z + 1
    If S Like "*" & V & "*" Then
      Part = Split(S, V)
      For X = Len(Part(0)) To 1 Step -1
        If Mid(Part(0), X, 1) Like "[!0-9]" Then
          HMS(Z) = Mid(Part(0), X + 1)
          Exit For
        End If
      Next
    End If
  Next
  GetTime = TimeSerial(HMS(1), HMS(2), HMS(3))
End Function
 
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One way:

=IFERROR(LEFT(A1,SEARCH("hour",A1)-1)/24,0)
+IFERROR(MID(0&A1,SEARCH("Minute",0&A1)-3,2)/1440,0)
+IFERROR(MID(0&A1,SEARCH("Second",0&A1)-3,2)/86400,0)
 
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A shorter one:

=SUMPRODUCT(IFERROR(MID(0&TRIM(A1),SEARCH({" h"," m"," s"},0&TRIM(A1))-2,2),0)/{24,1440,86400})
 
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