Formula and format for time duration

skarp

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Employees are entering their daily time spent on activities in minutes:

Monday
Act A: 45
Act B: 120
Act C: 30

How do I get a daily total that would look like this:
3:15 (to show 3 hours and 15 mins), instead of 3.25

Thanks!
 

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If the minutes are in A1:A10 then try this formula

=SUM(A1:A10)/1440

format result cell with the custom format [h]:mm
 
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Try this. The result cell is formatted as hh:mm. If the total duration could exceed 24 hours use [h]:mm.

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Great, that worked. What does the 1440 represent? and what is the difference between [h:mm] and [hh:mm]?
 
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Excel stores times/durations as fractions of a day. 1440 is the number of minutes in a day (24 * 60) so dividing minutes by 1440 gives an Excel time.

hh:mm will display hours and minutes but won't display durations greater than 23:59. To display durations of 24:00 and above you need [h]:mm.
 
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