IF statement with Time

[JTL9161]

We have a file that runs a few times everyday (m-f). For the ones that run in the afternoon depending on the size of each file it could end before 4:00pm or after. The file puts a end timestamp. After importing to Excel I use this formula to extract the time from the file. =MID('NORXFILE'!A18,SEARCH("ct",'NORXFILE'!A18),5)

So with this I might get a time like 7:06. I thought excel would not see this as a time since it was just imported but when I do =A44 - TIME(2, 0, 0) I get 5:06am then I use =A44+0.5 giving me 5:05pm in cell A45.

Now my question. Is there a IF statement that will look at this the imported time (7:06) and determine if it is before or after 4:00pm? If its before 4:00 I just want it to show as is. If the time is greater than 4:00 but less than 6:00 subtract 3 hours. If the time is greater than 6:00 then subtract 4 hours. Again I do not think excel is treating the data as time even though the cell is formatted to show like time. We need the time to be before 4:00 to stay in the same business day (even though 7:06 is in the same day)


Appreciate you help
James

 

[Gerald Higgins]

Excel treats the time 4pm as the value 16/24 = 0.6666.....

So, for example

=IF(A45>(16/24),"A","B")

will return "A" if the time in A45 is after 4pm, and "B" if the time in A45 is before 4pm.
You can replace "A" and/or "B" in the above example formula, with other formulas, such as
A45-(4/24)
if you want to subtract 4 hours.

 

[DanteAmor]

Try this

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[Twollaston]

We have a file that runs a few times everyday (m-f). For the ones that run in the afternoon depending on the size of each file it could end before 4:00pm or after. The file puts a end timestamp. After importing to Excel I use this formula to extract the time from the file. =MID('NORXFILE'!A18,SEARCH("ct",'NORXFILE'!A18),5)

So with this I might get a time like 7:06. I thought excel would not see this as a time since it was just imported but when I do =A44 - TIME(2, 0, 0) I get 5:06am then I use =A44+0.5 giving me 5:05pm in cell A45.

Now my question. Is there a IF statement that will look at this the imported time (7:06) and determine if it is before or after 4:00pm? If its before 4:00 I just want it to show as is. If the time is greater than 4:00 but less than 6:00 subtract 3 hours. If the time is greater than 6:00 then subtract 4 hours. Again I do not think excel is treating the data as time even though the cell is formatted to show like time. We need the time to be before 4:00 to stay in the same business day (even though 7:06 is in the same day)


Appreciate you help
James

Does this work for you? I was assuming here your original time is in cell A44
=IF(AND(A44>=16/24,A44<=18/24),A44-3/24,IF(A44>18/24,A44-4/24,A44)) (Format the column this formula is in to Time

 

[JTL9161]

Thanks! I'll give them all a try.

 

[DanteAmor]

Thanks! I'll give them all a try.

Let me know if you have any doubt.