I am using MS Access 2000 and have imported some raw data one of the rows of data shows a time but displays this as a general number ie; 1246 or 745 is there any way I can convert this number into a time, 24hr would be nice, so 1246 displays as 12:46 and 745 displays as 07:45 or 1530 displays as 15:30 ?
Best Wishes
Richard
Formatting issue regarding elapsed time calculated using DateDiff().
I understand that you can specify the output value for DateDiff(). In my case I have chosen "n" for minutes. Each result in my query shows the correct calculation in terms of minutes.
[PunchIn] = 11/23/2013 8:11:28 AM
[PunchOut] = 11/23/2013 5:43:30 PM
[ShiftLength] =DateDiff("n", [PunchIn],[PunchOut]) = 572 minutes.
Now when I try to format the result in terms of H:MM (be it in a form or a report) I get varied results. I'll illustrate an example below:
=Format(([ShiftLength]/60),"0") & "." & Format(([ShiftLength] Mod 60),"00") Returns 10.32 Not correct
=Format(([ShiftLength]60),"0") & "." & Format(([ShiftLength] Mod 60),"00") Returns 9.32 This is correct but I need my result to be in the form of a decimal such as my next example
=([ShiftLength]/60) Returns 9.53333333. Getting there but how do I have this result only show two decimal points 9.53?
I have placed a combo box on the form. The combo box displays time from 7:00 to 13:00 in the same format. There is a label adjacent to combo box that converts the time selected in the combo box to IST. the code for this is like this
Dim arrLoginTime() As String
arrLoginTime = Split(cmbLoginTime, ":")
lblIST.Caption = Format(TimeSerial(CInt(arrLoginTime(0)), CInt(arrLoginTime(1)), 0) + TimeSerial(10, 30, 0), "hh:mm AM/PM") & " IST"
If I select 12:00 it converts correctly and displays 10:30PM IST. When I select 13:00, it displays 11:30 AM IST instead of 11:30 PM IST.
Any idea how is it behaving and what to do to correct it?
I have a text string in the following format "00:09:10". Is there a function I could use that would convert it to HH:MM:SS?
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Is there a validation rule I could use when creating the Access table where a number will = a specific building name. ie 1= Lunar House 2= Apollo House 3 = Mackenzie House etc. So when it does come to importing my spreadsheet the numbers will show as buildings.
Hope you can help....many thanks
Russell from UK
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Thanks for any suggestions.
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I've tried just to change the cells format and it doesn't work. The only way I've been able to change it to a number is to click on the green triangle and select "Convert to Number" How can I do this via VBA? The # of rows will change but the columns will always stay the same.
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Research indicates adding an ampersand to the end changes the value from integer to long but if I type
if... then me.mycontrol.backcolor=&HF0AD34&
The second ampersand disappears. In the immediate window
?&HF0AD34
?&HF0AD34&
?Val("&HF0AD34")
?clng("&HF0AD34")
?Val("&HF0AD34&")
?clng("&HF0AD34&")
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Hello to all.
I have been at this for 6 hours and have read countless entires in this forum. I have come close......but not close enough.
I am trying to calculate the difference between two times. I can't use a combination of date and time because if I do, those who use the database won't use it. To much info to input. Right now they input a simple time in the form 16:43 to represent 4:43 PM. They are used to, and like that method.
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Take that one step further to the closest 15 minute interval and you are a genius and my hero =-)
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i.e.
120 shows as 2:00
106 shows as 1:46
25 shows as 0:25
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Cheers
Rob
How can I convert a number format into a short time format?
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