Excel time from time and date

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Function	Description
DATE function	Returns the serial number of a particular date
DATEDIF function	Calculates the number of days, months, or years between two dates. This function is useful in formulas where you need to calculate an age.
DATEVALUE function	Converts a date in the form of text to a serial number
DAY function	Converts a serial number to a day of the month
DAYS function	Returns the number of days between two dates
DAYS360 function	Calculates the number of days between two dates based on a 360-day year
EDATE function	Returns the serial number of the date that is the indicated number of months before or after the start date
EOMONTH function	Returns the serial number of the last day of the month before or after a specified number of months
HOUR function	Converts a serial number to an hour
ISOWEEKNUM function	Returns the number of the ISO week number of the year for a given date
MINUTE function	Converts a serial number to a minute
MONTH function	Converts a serial number to a month
NETWORKDAYS function	Returns the number of whole workdays between two dates
NETWORKDAYS.INTL function	Returns the number of whole workdays between two dates using parameters to indicate which and how many days are weekend days
NOW function	Returns the serial number of the current date and time
SECOND function	Converts a serial number to a second
TIME function	Returns the serial number of a particular time
TIMEVALUE function	Converts a time in the form of text to a serial number
TODAY function	Returns the serial number of today’s date
WEEKDAY function	Converts a serial number to a day of the week
WEEKNUM function	Converts a serial number to a number representing where the week falls numerically with a year
WORKDAY function	Returns the serial number of the date before or after a specified number of workdays
WORKDAY.INTL function	Returns the serial number of the date before or after a specified number of workdays using parameters to indicate which and how many days are weekend days
YEAR function	Converts a serial number to a year
YEARFRAC function	Returns the year fraction representing the number of whole days between start_date and end_date

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Are you tired of trying to extract date or time from datetime values in Excel? This post will show you how it’s done. Whether you need to separate the date component, the time component, or both, this guide has you covered. You’ll learn how to use formulas and functions to easily extract date or time from datetime values in Excel.

This post will guide you how to extract time from a data and time value with a formula in Excel. How do I extract time from a date-time number in Excel 2013/2016. How to extract hour only from the date time format in Excel.

To extract or get the date from a datetime value in one cell in Excel, you can use the following formula:

=TEXT(datetime,"MM/DD/YYYY").

You need to replace “datetime” with the cell reference that contains the datetime value. This formula converts the datetime value to text in the desired date format (MM/DD/YYYY in this case).

The result will be the date part of the datetime value, displayed as text string. If you need to use the result in further calculations, you can convert the result back to a date value by using the “DATEVALUE” function.

=DATEVALUE(B2)

You can also use the “=INT()” function to convert a date and time to a date:

=INT(A2)

This function will return the date portion of the date and time value as a serial number, which can be formatted as a date using the “Number Format” option in the “Home” tab of the Excel ribbon.

To extract the date from a text string in Excel, you can use the following formula:

=MID($A1,SEARCH("/??/",$A1,1)-2,10)

where A1 is the cell that contains the text string.

This formula uses the SEARCH function to locate the position of the date part in the string and the MID function to extract the date part of the string.

If you wish to extract the year part from a date value in Excel, you can use the YEAR function.

The YEAR function takes a date as an argument and returns the year component of the date, as a number.

 For example, if cell A1 contains the date “02/08/2022“, you can extract the year using the following formula:

=YEAR(A1)

This formula will return the year “2022“.

4. Concatenate Date and Time

If you want to concatenate date and time in Microsoft Excel, you can use the “&” operator in combination with TEXT function to join the values in separate cells into one cell.

The Steps are as below:

Step 1: Enter the following formula in a empty cell:

=TEXT(A2,"MM/DD/YYYY") & " " & TEXT(B2,"HH:MM:SS")

• Replace A2 and B2 with the cells that contain your date and time, respectively.
• The formula uses the TEXT function to format the date and time values, and then joins them with a space in between.

Step 2: Press Enter to see the result of the formula.

Step 3: If you want to copy the result to multiple cells, simply select the cell with the formula, and then drag the fill handle to the cells you want to copy the formula to.

Your date and time values should now be combined into one cell in the format of “MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS“.

5. Extract Time from Date and Time

If you want to extract time from a date and time in Excel, you can use a formula based on the TIME function, The HOUR function, the MINUTE function, and the SECOND function. For example, you want to get time value from a date and time value in Cell B1, you can write down the below formula.

=TIME(HOUR(B1),MINUTE(B1),SECOND(B1))

Step 1: Type this formula into a blank cell C1 and press Enter key.

Step 2: Then you need to right click on the Cell C1, and select Format Cell from the pop-up menu list. The Format Cells dialog will open.

Step 3: switch to Number tab, and click Custom from the Category list. And select one type as: h:mm:ss. Click OK button.

#4 let’s see the result.

6. Extract Hour only from Date and Time

If you want to extract hour only, you just need to use the HOUR function. Like this:

=HOUR(B1)

If you want to extract minute only from a date and time value, you just need to use the MINUTE function. Like this:

=MINUTE(B1)

If you want to extract second only from a date and time value, you just need to use the SECOND function. Like this:

=SECOND(B1)

7. Split Date and Time in Excel

If you want to split a date and time value into separate date and time values in Microsoft Excel, and you can use the above TEXT formula to Extract Date portion from date and time value.

Then you can use the below Text formula to extract the time portion of the date and time value:

=TEXT(A2,”HH:MM:SS”)

Alternatively, you can also use the INT function to extract the date portion of the date and time value, enter the following formula in a new cell:

=INT(A2)

Enter the following formula in another cell to extract the time portion:

=A2-INT(A1)

These formulas will return the date and time portions of the date and time value as serial numbers, which can be formatted as dates and times using the “Number Format” option in the “Home” tab of the Excel ribbon.

8. Convert Unix Timestamp to a Date in Excel

If you wish to convert a Unix timestamp to a date in Microsoft Excel, you can use the following TEXT formula:

=TEXT((A1/86400)+DATE(1970,1,1),"MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS")

In this formula, “A1” represents the cell that contains the Unix timestamp. The Unix timestamp is divided by 86400 to convert it to the number of days since January 1, 1970. The result is then added to the date “1/1/1970” to give the date and time corresponding to the Unix timestamp. The “TEXT()” function is used to format the result as a date and time in the “MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS” format.

Note that the Unix timestamp is typically stored as an integer value representing the number of seconds since January 1, 1970, so you may need to divide the value in the cell by 86400 to convert it to a number of days.

9. If function with dates

The IF function in Microsoft Excel can be used with dates to perform conditional tests based on the values of dates. Here’s the general syntax for using the IF function with dates:

=IF(condition, [value_if_true], [value_if_false])

In this syntax, “condition” is the logical test that you want to perform, [value_if_true] is the value that will be returned if the condition is true, and [value_if_false] is the value that will be returned if the condition is false.

Here’s an example of using the IF function with dates:

=IF(A1>B1, "A1 is later", "B1 is later")

In this example, the condition “A1>B1” checks if the date in cell A1 is later than the date in cell B1. If the condition is true, the result will be “A1 is later“, and if the condition is false, the result will be “B1 is later“.

Note: When working with dates in Excel, it’s important to ensure that the dates are stored as dates and not as text. You can format a cell as a date by selecting it, right-clicking, selecting “Format Cells“, and then selecting the “Date” category under “Number“. From the available date formats, select the one you want to use and click “OK“.

10. Time Calculations in Excel

You can perform various calculations with times to get the result in terms of hours, minutes, or seconds. Here are a few examples of time calculations in Excel:

Add two times:

=A1+B1

In this example, the two times in cells A1 and B1 are added together to give the result in the same time format.

Subtract one time from another:

=A1-B1

In this example, the time in cell B1 is subtracted from the time in cell A1 to give the result in terms of a time.

Calculate the difference between two times in hours:

=(A1-B1)*24

In this example, the difference between the two times is calculated in terms of hours by multiplying the result of the subtraction by 24.

Calculate the difference between two times in minutes:

=(A1-B1)*1440

In this example, the difference between the two times is calculated in terms of minutes by multiplying the result of the subtraction by 1440 (24 hours * 60 minutes).

11. Conclusion

In conclusion, extracting dates or times from datetime values in Microsoft Excel is very useful for data analysis and manipulation. Whether you need to separate dates and times for the purpose of sorting or calculating, or just to display the information in a different format, there are several ways to achieve it. Excel offers a range of options for extracting date or time information from datetime values.

• Excel TIME function
  The Excel TIME function returns a date in serial number format for a particular time (the hour, minute and second).The syntax of the TIME function is as below:= TIME(hour, minute, second)…
• Excel HOUR Function
  The Excel HOUR function returns the hour of a time value. Or returns an integer value that represent the hour component of a given time. The syntax of the HOUR function is as below:=HOUR (serial_number) …
• Excel MINUTE Function
  The Excel MINUTE function returns the minutes of a time value. And the minutes is an integer number from 0 to 59. The syntax of the MINUTE function is as below:=MINUTE (serial_number)…
• Excel SECOND Function
  The Excel SECOND function returns the seconds of a time value. Or returns an integer value that represent the second component of a given excel time. And the return value is between 0-59.The syntax of the SECOND function is as below:=SECOND (serial_number)…

Sometimes you may have dates in one column and time values in another column and you want to combine these to get one single date and time value in a cell.

And if you’re thinking that you can do that by easily combining the two cells by using the concatenate formula or the & sign, you’ll find out that it doesn’t work.

I have tried to use the & sign to combine the cells that contain date and time, and the resulting value is not in the expected format.

In this tutorial, I will show you a couple of ways to quickly combine date and time values in Excel.

So let’s get started!

Combine Date and Time with a Simple Addition

Excel stores date and time values as numbers in the back end.

For example, 44197.375 in Excel represents 01-01-2021 09:00 AM

The integer part of the above number represents a date (which is 01 Jan 2021), and the decimal part of the number represents a time (which is 9 AM)

So, if you have dates in one column and time in another column, the easiest way to combine these and get the date and time in one single cell would be to simply add these two cells.

Suppose you have a data set as shown below and you want to combine the date and time in column C.

Below is the formula that will do that:

=A2+B2

All this formula to all the cells in the column to get the combined date and time values.

It automatically picks up the format from the cells and shows you the result that has the date portion and the time portion.

As I mentioned, dates and times are stored as numbers in Excel. The combined date and time that you see in the cells in column C are also decimal numbers in the back end.

In case you want to show that result in a different format, you can do that using the format cells dialog box (where you can specify the custom code to show the date and time in a specific way).

In most cases, Excel will take care of the formatting and you will see the date as well as the time as shown above. In case it doesn’t, you will have to change the cell formatting to show the combined date and time.

Combine Date and Time with a TEXT Function

Another quick way to combine date and time in Excel is by using the CONCAT formula with the TEXT function.

Suppose you have a dataset as shown below and you want to combine the date and time and get the result in column C.

Below is the formula that can do this:

=CONCAT(TEXT(A2,"dd-mm-yyy")," ",TEXT(B2,"hh:mm:ss"))

The TEXT function allows you to take any value as the input and show it in the specified format.

In our example, I have used two TEXT functions, the first one takes the date value and displays it as a date and the second one takes the time value and displays it as the time.

And since I want both of these in the same cell, I have used the CONCAT formula with space as the separator in between the date and time.

Since we have used the TEXT function to specify the format for the date and the time, it does not matter how the input values are displayed in the cell.

For example, even if I have the numerical values instead of the date and the time, this formula would still give me the right result.

Another big benefit of using the text function is that you can combine other text strings with the result of this formula.

To give you an example, let’s say I don’t want just the date and the time, I want the result in the following format – Date: 01 Jan 2021, Time: 09:00 AM

To do this, you can use the below formula:

=CONCAT("Date: "&TEXT(A2,"dd-mm-yyy"),", ","Time: "&TEXT(B2,"hh:mm:ss AM/PM"))

Since the result of the TEXT function is a text string, we can easily combine it with the other text strings using the ampersand operator (&) or CONCAT formula.

So these are two simple ways you can use to combine date and time in Excel.

I hope you found this tutorial useful.

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