Date & Time - Funtion HOUR / MINUTE / SECOND

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1. Work with hour, minute and second is not easy with Excel. You must remember that 1 is always 1 day ans never 1 hour.
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2. So, if you want to convert your data in hour, you must divide all your data by 24
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=1/24
 
 
3. If you work with the minutes, you must divide by the number of minutes in a day
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=1/(24*60)
 
 
 
4. The usable symbols for the time format are less important than for the date. In the following document, you can find the different way to format the time
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5. To display an hour greater than 24, you must write the format symbol h between brackets.
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[h]
 
 
 
6. An other common problem with the Time ; it's the negative date.
Often, you will see this result instead of a negative date.

To solve this problem, you just have to change the parameter of the internal calendar of Excel.
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7. In the menu Tools/Options, check in the tab 'Calculation' if the option '1904 date system' is checked
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8. Try to find the solution of the following exercise
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