Interpret Cell as it is

AlexanderBB

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This gets me every time.. looking at the worksheet Cell I see 2:15

But reading Cells(row, Col) in VBA results in 0.09375. I think this is because the cell is formatted to suit a different data type.

Is there a solid way to get "2:15" ? I tried CStr but no change.
 

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Excel 2010
AB
10.093752:15
22:15
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B1=HOUR(A1)&":"&MINUTE(A1)
B2=TEXT(A1,"h:mm")


As with all Excel dates, .09375 is the number of days.
 
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Code:
Cells(row, Col).Text
will return the displayed content of the cell as a string.
 
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Thanks very much Rory, I never knew that and it'll be very useful.
Resorted to using Range("F:F").Number Format = "@" but your suggestion is preferred.
 
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