Hoe to deduct date and time in one cell

marcidee

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Please can you tell me if there is a formula / code that will deduct date and time if date and time are in the same cell.

ie

31/07/2019 15:00:00 less 01/08/2019 16:00:00 - using format (dd/mm/yyyyy hh:mm)

Thank you Marc
 

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Note: I changed the date format for my calculation as I live in the US. You can do this using European Date Convention.
 
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Thank you for this - can you explain what I should be entering for point 6 above if answer of point 4 is in cell H9
 
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I have worked out row 6 - I am typing this for point 9 without success
=MOD(H9 Difference,1)
 
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Just out of curiosity, assuming your two dates are in cell A1, does this formula give you what you want directly...

=TEXT(TRIM(MID(A1,SEARCH("less",A1)+4,99))-TRIM(LEFT(A1,SEARCH("less",A1)-1)),"d ""day(s) ""h"" hour(s) ""m"" minute(s)""")
 
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thank you for this - the dates would be in 2 cells - lets say one date and time in Cell A1 and the second date and time in B1

30/06/2019 15:00:00 A1
01/08/2019 19:30:00 B1

B1 less A1
 
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I have used this for point 8

=MOD(E9-C9,1)*24

I can't work out how you have got the final result for point 9?
 
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thank you for this - the dates would be in 2 cells - lets say one date and time in Cell A1 and the second date and time in B1

30/06/2019 15:00:00 A1
01/08/2019 19:30:00 B1

B1 less A1
In that case, try this...

=TEXT(B1-A1,"d ""day(s) ""h"" hour(s) ""m"" minute(s)""")
 
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