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In my spread sheet, F5 shows 7:13. F6 is blank. F7 has the formula =IF(ISBLANK(F6),"",F5-F6). When I put 7:15 in F6, it shows 0:02 in F7. If I put 7:10 in F7 it shows ######. I need F7 to show negative or positive times
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Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:22
Hi
User
12/11/2017 - 05:22
Hello
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:22
can you upload your file
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:22
?
User
12/11/2017 - 05:22
no
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:22
ok
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:24
use somethign like this
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:24
=IF(B2-A2<0, "-" & TEXT(ABS(B2-A2),"hh:mm"), B2-A2)
User
12/11/2017 - 05:25
I also want to leave F7 blank until i add info in F6
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:26
in place of F5-F6
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:26
use above formula
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:28
did it worked?
User
12/11/2017 - 05:29
no
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:30
instead if this
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:30
=IF(ISBLANK(F6),"",F5-F6)
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:30
use this
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:31
=IF(ISBLANK(F6),"",=IF(F5-F6<0, "-" & TEXT(ABS(F5-F6),"hh:mm"), F5-F6))
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:32
=IF(ISBLANK(F6),"",IF(F5-F6<0, "-" & TEXT(ABS(F5-F6),"hh:mm"), F5-F6))
User
12/11/2017 - 05:34
does not work. left F7 blank.
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:35
can you share a sample file
User
12/11/2017 - 05:35
how do i do that
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:36
careta any dummy file
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:36
and put the data in there
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:36
in F6 aand F5
User
12/11/2017 - 05:38
don't know how to do that. there must be something i'm leaving out of my existing formula that can make it do a negative time
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:39
you can'thave a negative time
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:39
you have to use Abs
User
12/11/2017 - 05:40
yes you can. when i put a time in F6 that is less than the time i F5 it should be negative in
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:40
but in formula you can't
Excelchat Expert
12/11/2017 - 05:41
the above formula gives you a negative time
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