Comprehensive List of Excel Keyboard Shortcuts

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Few weeks back I have invited all of you to share your excel keyboard shortcuts in a open thread. More than 50 people commented on that post and shared a hundred excel keyboard shortcuts with us. There were so many wonderful keyboard shortcuts and tricks buried in the comments section of that post. During the weekend, I spent sometime to collect all these beautiful shortcuts and arranged them neatly so that you can easily learn them. Here is the complete list of Excel Keyboard Shortcuts.

Special thanks to all the commenters on the original post. Without you I couldn’t have learned these shortcuts.

Comprehensive List of Excel Keyboard Shortcuts

Here is the complete list of excel keyboard shortcuts.

Note: I have *ed some of the most important shortcuts. These are very useful and extremely time saving ones. You may want to remember a few to boost your productivity.

Select the whole column

Selection

CTRL + SPACE

Select the whole row

Selection

SHIFT + SPACE

Select table

Selection

SHIFT + CTRL + SPACE bar

Save

Selection

CTRL + s

Select visible cells only

Selection

ALT + ;

Select entire region

Selection

CTRL + A

Select range from start cell to far left

Selection

SHIFT + Home

Select range from start cell to end in direction of arrow

Selection

SHIFT + End + arrow

Select a continuous range of data (e.g. pivot), no matter where your cursor is.

Selection

CTRL + *

Select blank cells

Selection

F5 + ALT + S + K + ENTER

Select all cells with comments

Selection

CTRL + SHIFT + O

Select all cells that are directly or indirectly referred to by formulas in the selection

Selection

CTRL + SHIFT + {

Select all cells with formulas that refer directly or indirectly to the active cell

Selection

CTRL + SHIFT + }

Selects all the way to a1 from cursor position

Selection

CTRL + SHIFT + HOME

Select cells in the direction of arrow

Selection

CTRL + SHIFT + Arrow

Previous sheet

Navigation

CTRL + Page Up

Next sheet

Navigation

CTRL + Page Down

Launch GO TO Dialog (from here you can select special or jump to a cell or range)

Navigation

F5

Go to top left (will go to top left of freezed pane if set)

Navigation

CTRL + Home

Go to last non-blank cell

Navigation

CTRL + end

Go to previous sheet

Navigation

CTRL + PgUp

Go to next sheet

Navigation

CTRL + PgDn

Print

Navigation

CTRL + p

Toggle between workbooks in a given session of excel.

Navigation

CTRL + TAB

Change the type of cell reference from relative to absolute or semi-absolute

Formulas

F4

Repeat whatever you did last

Formulas

F4

Debug portions of a formula (select and press)

Formulas

F9

Sum range

Formulas

ALT + =

Enter array formula

Formulas

CTRL + SHIFT + Enter

Select array formula range

Formulas

CTRL + /

Display range names (can be used when typing formulas)

Formulas

F3

Evaluate formulas. (its easy to remember when working with some “tuf” formulas!)

Formulas

ALT + TUF

Copy a formula from above cell and edit

Formulas

CTRL + '

Display the formula palette after you type a valid function name in a formula

Formulas

CTRL + A (while writing a formula)

Alternate between displaying cell values and displaying cell formulas

Formulas

CTRL + ` (Single Left Quotation Mark)

Calculate formulas

Formulas

F9

Select all precedent cells

Formulas

CTRL + [

Select all dependent cells

Formulas

CTRL + ]

Format Selection (cells, objects, charts)

Formatting

CTRL + 1

Bold a cell’s content

Formatting

CTRL + B

Format Painter – Paste formats from selection

Formatting

ALT + EST

Format as number with 2 dp

Formatting

CTRL + SHIFT + 1

Format as local currency

Formatting

CTRL + SHIFT + 4

Format as percentage with 0 dp

Formatting

CTRL + SHIFT + 5

Hide row

Formatting

CTRL + 9

Hide column

Formatting

CTRL + 0

Unhide row

Formatting

CTRL + SHIFT + 9

Unhide column

Formatting

CTRL + SHIFT + 0

Display the style command format menu

Formatting

ALT + '

Sets/removes strikeout in current cell

Formatting

CTRL + 5

Show/hide the top bar when you have a group

Formatting

Crtl + 8

Single border around selected cells

Formatting

CTRL + SHIFT + 7

Sort

Formatting

ALT + DS

Insert hyperlink

Formatting

CTRL + K

Freeze panes

Formatting

ALT + WFF

Remove grid lines or (alt+t)ov(alt+g)[enter]

Formatting

ALT + WVG (2007+)

To wrap lines

Formatting

ALT + HW (2007+)

Save as

Excel Options

F12

Collapse the ribbon (press again to expand)

Excel Options

CTRL + F1

Opens print preview

Excel Options

CTRL + F2

Maximize the current window

Excel Options

ALT + SPACE X

Activate next window

Excel Options

ALT + TAB

Activate previous window

Excel Options

ALT + SHIFT + TAB

Close an excel workbook

Excel Options

crtl + F4

Split screens

Excel Options

ALT + W + S

Create a pivot table in new sheet (of course after selecting the range)

Everything Else

ALT + DPF

Create a pivot table in the same sheet.

Everything Else

ALT + DPN

Show visual basic editor

Everything Else

ALT + F11

Macro dialog

Everything Else

ALT + F8

Apply/remove filter

Everything Else

ALT + DFF

Keep filter on columns, but show all rows

Everything Else

ALT + DFS

Insert pivot table

Everything Else

ALT + NVT

Turn filter on or off

Everything Else

CTRL + SHIFT + L

Paste values only

Editing

ALT + ESV

Edit a cell, place cursor at the end

Editing

F2

Show in-cell drop down with previously entered values

Editing

ALT + Down arrow

Fills down value from cell above

Editing

CTRL + D

Add a comment or Edit comment

Editing

SHIFT + F2

Insert new sheet

Editing

SHIFT + F11

Insert row

Editing

CTRL + +

Delete row

Editing

CTRL + -

Copy

Editing

CTRL + C

Paste

Editing

CTRL + V

Cut

Editing

CTRL + X

Undo

Editing

CTRL + Z

Get a line break inside the cell

Editing

ALT + Enter (while editing the cell)

Clear all contents

Editing

ALT + EAA

Copy

Editing

CTRL + insert

Paste

Editing

SHIFT + Insert

Make chart/pivot chart

Editing

F11

Edit a cell in Apple Macs

Editing

CTRL + U

Copy the value from the cell above the active cell into the cell or the formula bar

Editing

CTRL + SHIFT + "

Copies whatever is in the cell to the left of it.

Editing

CTRL + R

Delete box (cell, row, column)

Editing

ALT + ED

Insert box (cell, row, column)

Editing

ALT + IE

Enter current date

Auto Complete

CTRL + ;

Enter current time

Auto Complete

CTRL + :

Thanks to the contributors

Here is a list of people who contributed these shortcuts.

Vipul, Dau, Stružák, Paul, Eliavs, Pavel S, Fabrice, Noone, Clarity, Jp, Pascal, Jair, Yoav, Nimesh, Bill, Patricia, Mike, Iesmatauw, Chrisham, Harvey, Pranav, Rohit Choudhary, Rohit1409, Rickard, Sachin, Gerald Higgins, Ericlind, Zzz, Felipe, Sridhar, Halva, Catherine, Lavkesh Bhatia, Rick Rothstein, Vishal Haria, Ak, Daniel Ferry, Mehdi Raza.

Thank you 🙂

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99 Responses to “How to use Date & Time values in Excel – 10 + 3 tips”

  1. [...] Date with my sheet - 10 tips on using date / time in excel (tags: excel totw) Posted in Uncategorized | [...]

  2. [...] More on date / time: 10 tips on using, formatting date / time in excel. [...]

  3. Vijay Sharma says:

    Hi Chandoo,

    Since this article was for Dates, below are 2 easy ones to calculate the Start and End of Month. (without using the EOMONTH formula as available in Analysis Toolpak).

    In Cell A1, put any date
    then in the cell where you would want the Start of Month put the below formula
    1. Start of the Month
    =DATE(YEAR(A1),MONTH(A1),1)

    2. End of Month
    =DATE(YEAR(A1),MONTH(A1)+1,0)

    Hope this would help a lot who were dependant of EOMONTH..

    cheers
    ~Vijay

  4. David B says:

    I run a trolley tour business and need to set up a data base to track tickets sold by mutable vendors (from store, on the street ,etc)and by class ( adult, senior,child and discounts ) can you help or direct me to one that could?

  5. Glenn says:

    I know how to write macro's for excel, but I have 1 issue that I cant figure out and would appreciate some help.
    I want to key a range of dates, (7/1/09-7/12/09) then write a macro to go find the info for that range and bring it back to my spread sheet.

    Thanks for any help....

  6. Chandoo says:

    @Glenn: you can try a user defined function if the information you want to gather can be derived only from the 2 dates entered. You can write a macro, if you need to refer to other ranges in the workbook to gather the info based on the dates entered. I am not sure what you meant by "go find the info for that range". May be if you tell what you are trying to find, I can suggest the approach for writing a macro...

  7. [...] Important excel formulas: IF and Then, Vlookup, Offset, Sumif, Countif, Working with date and time [...]

  8. [...] Tips on using date & time in excel, List of excel date & time formulas, More excel quick tips [...]

  9. sekhar says:

    talking about dates, therz a formula that i use very frequently to calculate the difference between two dates.
    its not documented in 2007 though

    =DATEDIF(START_DATE,END_DATE,"Y") - gives you the years
    =DATEDIF(START_DATE,END_DATE,"YM") - remaining months
    =DATEDIF(START_DATE,END_DATE,"MD") - remaining days

    im sure you'll know this. wonder why it isnt documented. works fine with 2003 and 2007

  10. Ray Solanki says:

    Help please... I have two dates eg: 1/8/10 - 10/8/10 and i would like to know the number of Fridays and Mondays in any given period

  11. Hui... says:

    Ray

    Try the following user defined function:
    ===

    Function NoMonFri(uStart As Range, uEnd As Range, Optional uType As Integer) As Double
    Count = 0
    For i = uStart To uEnd Step 1
    If Weekday(i) = 2 Or Weekday(i) = 6 Then Count = Count + 1
    Next i
    If uType = 1 Then
    If Weekday(uStart) = 2 Or Weekday(uStart) = 6 Then Count = Count - 1
    If Weekday(uEnd) = 2 Or Weekday(uEnd) = 6 Then Count = Count - 1
    End If
    NoMonFri = Count
    End Function

    ====
    Copy the above into a Code Module
    To use just enter
    =NoMonFri(A1, A2) or
    =NoMonFri(A1, A2,1)
    Where A1 & A2 are the Start and End Dates (inclusively)
    The use of the optional 1 will Exclude the Start and End dates

  12. Chandoo says:

    @Ray... You can also do this using SUMPRODUCT (ahem)

    Assuming first date is in C6 and second date is in C7,

    =SUMPRODUCT(--(MOD(WEEKDAY(ROW(INDIRECT(C6&":"&C7)),2),4)=1))

    Will give you the number of Mondays and Fridays between C6 and C7 (including both days)

    Also, checkout NETWORKINGDAYS() UDF for more complicated counting... http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/06/09/networkingdays/

  13. [...] Process your data: Assuming your data looks like what I shown to left, just use simple formulas to make it look like the table to right. [related: how to work with dates & times in excel] [...]

  14. Javed Iqbal says:

    very useful tip, thanks alot

  15. Chandra Shekar B says:

    Hello Chandoo,

    How to convert no into time. for ex: 3600(In Seconds) into 1:00:00

    Thanks,

    Chandra Shekar B

  16. Hui... says:

    @Chandra
    Times are a fraction of 1
    So 6am is 0.25
    12 noon is 0.5
    6pm is 0.75
    So convert hrs and mins to a fraction of 24 hrs
    1 Hr = 1/24
    3600 seconds = 3600/(24*3600)
    etc

  17. Chandru says:

    Hello Hui,

    Thanks a lot 🙂

  18. Patrick says:

    Hello,

    I cant get Point 6 above to work (highlighting weekends).

    Is there an actual example I can see in action anywhere?

    Otherwise a very helpful and informative website.

    Regards,

    Patrick

  19. Avinash says:

    Hi Chandoo,

    When discussing about time.. I have one question too. Basically, I have one sheet in which we enter "Shift IN" & "Shift OUT" times as "hh:mm" format in A and B columns and next columns C & D pulls the scheduled and present count of agents from other sheet by VLOOKUP-ing times as

    IN time (hh:mm) - OUT Time (hh:mm). For eg; 03:30 - 12:30

    Columns A and B have been validated to accept only values between 00:00~23:30 (half hour intervals). and when pasting data, the values are usually accepted and I don't get any errors of validation.
    But, when performing vlookup to get the number of scheduled agents say as of the time interval 03:30, I get an #N/A error. I have confirmed ranges are all fine, but what I found is that the time although shows same but they are actually of different days. Say for eg;

    41023.39583 gives 9:30
    41024.39583 gives 9:30 too..

    Validation is accepted as time is same, and it works fine if I select the time interval from the validation list. So, was wondering, if I can select the same interval from the list using VBA.. so that whatever the time intervals gets updated, I just need to run a macro to automatically select the interval from the validation list.. I have come across that we can use Cell.Validation.Formula1 in some manner to get the item from list.. but it would take the number of the item in the list.. wondered if I could get the item through text. Any ideas to accomplish this task?

    Regards,
    Avinash

    • vishwanatha says:

      in time - 9:30 am on 11/24/2015
      out time - 6:30 am on 11/25/2015

      I have to calculate total hours worked.

      Tell me the formula to calculate the total hours, please.

  20. sheila villena says:

    hi, 

    can you help me in, i just want to know how will i get the corresponding DAY when i entered a specific DATE?

    Thanks,

    Sheila 

    • Chander J says:

      Hi,

      Following could be a solution for findinng out correspoinding Day, Month & Year to a Date:

      =TEXT("CELL ADDRESS WHERE DATE IS PLACED","DDDD") ..... For Day

      =TEXT("CELL ADDRESS WHERE DATE IS PLACED","MMMM") ..... For Month

      =TEXT("CELL ADDRESS WHERE DATE IS PLACED","YYYY") ..... For Year

      One can also customized the view by reducing keywords which will promopt to the following results : Mon, J, Jan, 2007, 07 etc

  21. Navin says:

    hi,
    sir can u help me,
    how to set a validity period & date of time in microsoft excel.

    eg:- suppose i m using a file sheet and setting a date of 01.04.2012, time 12.00am & wan't dat the sheet should stop working in 1 month  date & time ( 30.04.2012 ).

    eg :- suppose we are going internet cafe dere we are taking a browsing of 1hour time, as we r close 2 our time d browsing stop working.

    in dis way i wan't sheet to be set by date & time.

    so pls help me how to do.

    thanks,
    navin.
     

  22. Suyash says:

    Hi,
    Sir ur article is very helpful....Thnaks for that but i need ur help in this one. i have a monthly report workbook and the sheets are saved by date of that month. I have two cells FromDate and ToDate through which opening and closing stock is calculated(using =SUM('01-09-2012:25-09-2012'!D7)+ SUM('26-09-2012:30-09-2012'!D8)) .....Please give me a formula when i will enter any date in ToDate  or FromDate cell it will automatically change the other cells formula so to give me sum.
    please help me
    thanks
    Suyash

  23. Azwa says:

    Hi Mr. Chandoo,

    I have 1 question. I have 1 pivot table, successfully done with your guidelines, but how to set Sunday as the start week? means the start day is Sunday, and the end day of the week is Saturday.

    TQ in advance. 
        

  24. Charlotte says:

    can someone please tell me that if i want the date of the month to appear on each sheet of my workbook how do i do it by itself? i mean the workbook is of meeting room bookings... so i want to print out sheets date wise for a whole year/

  25. [...] So the formula for end time cell is =start-time + duration-minutes / 24 / 60. Note: We need to divide by 24 & 60 because in Excel each day 1 number, each hour is 1/24th and each minute is 1/24/60th. [learn more about Excel dates] [...]

  26. niyas says:

    dear friends, please help me to calculate actual time within the range while actual time more or less of range?

     
     
     
     

    TIME IN
    TIME  OUT
    ACTUAL HRS
    ACUTAL HRS WITHIN RANGE (7:30:00 to 18:00:00)

    7:15:00
    18:15:00
    11:00:00
    ?

    7:45:00
    17:00:00
    9:15:00
    ?

     
     
     
     

  27. Saransh says:

    If I have dates in Indian format dd-mm-yyyy, excel is not recognizing the same and instead treating the same as mm-dd-yyyy so a date mentioned in Indian system as 09/06/2013 is being treated as 6-Sep-2013 whereas it actually represents 9-Jun-2013.
    Can I convert these dates in Indian format to corrected dd-mmm-yyyy system?

  28. maged says:

    Chandoo,

    Please i need an advise ASAP i have been using this statement and it cant help

    if(and(c1>=a1:a144,c1<=b1:b144),"yes","no"))

    and it just works for the first 2 values c1, c2 and doesn't fit for the others.
    the case is i have more than one event at the same video and i need to confirm that no event was taken unless it is between start and end.

    here are some samples:

    Start dtime End Dtime Event Dtime
    16/09/2013 22:13:34 16/09/2013 22:14:18 16/09/2013 22:13:38
    16/09/2013 22:15:57 16/09/2013 22:24:30 16/09/2013 22:16:02
    16/09/2013 22:24:30 16/09/2013 22:33:49 16/09/2013 22:17:32
    16/09/2013 22:33:53 16/09/2013 22:35:05 16/09/2013 22:19:02
    16/09/2013 22:35:05 16/09/2013 22:39:57 16/09/2013 22:20:02

    So as you can see there are more than one event between one start and end dtimes

    thanks guys

  29. Chandresh says:

    Hi Chandoo,

    I have an activity tracking sheet, in which column A has activity A, B, C, D & E and column B has start date, column C has start time, column D has end date & column E has end time. Now what i am trying to do is that suppose activity A starts on 31-Mar 9:00 AM and finishes an 4-Apr 5:00 PM and Activity B starts only after A completes, but if suppose Activity A is delayed by say 1 hour, then activity B, C, D & E which are all dependent on each other will also be delayed by 1 hour, i want to create a template in excel, could you please help?

    thanks

    Chandresh

  30. […] Day 32 Date and time arithmetic - The symbols / and – need to be used when inputting dates and Excel has the capability to add dates and times together too. Follow the Excel Easy article here on how http://www.excel-easy.com/functions/date-time-functions.html Chandoo also has some Top 10 tips too http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/08/26/date-time-tips-ms-excel/ […]

  31. Rokon says:

    Hi,
    What will b the formula to get the date more than 3 yrs from the present date ?

    Example : today is 16-05-2014 (D-M-Y) then three yrs later what will be the date.

  32. Rokon says:

    Hi,
    What will b the formula to get the date more than 3 yrs from the present date ?
    Example : today is 16-05-2014 (D-M-Y) then three yrs later what will be the date.

  33. chetan says:

    hi..i want to restrict excel from counting non working time.... so i can prepare end dates for a PROJECT if i have total working hours required for my project..

    thank for reply if any....

  34. Kalaivanan says:

    Hi,
    Good Morning,
    Please use the formula for the below mentioned format in excel.
    Formula :- =TEXT(H3,"dd-mmmm-yyyy").
    Format :- 17-September-2014

  35. Andres Parra says:

    I'm an evaluator and i evaluate about 20 people everymonth between 6-10 times each depending on their performance. i track my work in excel by adding the dates i did each peorson. The only rule that i have its that i cant evaluate a person back to back so i have to wait at least one day in between each evaluation. is there a formula where excel would not allow me to enter a date if its one day after the date of the cell to the left?

  36. jayson says:

    Could anyone please help me. I have not been able to find a format that I need. I need to subtract a value everyday. Example. If I have 365 dollars and I would like Excell to subtract 1 dollar everyday for a year I would have 0 dollars left at the end. Or even 7 dollars a week would work for me. Could anyone please help me on this formula. Thanks

  37. Laly says:

    Is there a simple way (no function) to define a formula in a cell like =F(22/08/2014) ?

    Currently, i put the date 22/08/2014 in a cell eg. B2 and do my formula a =F(B2).

    Thanks

  38. BOOSTSATHIS says:

    Hai,

    I am sathis Kumar , i want to subtract two dates in xl sheet from 05/11/2013 to 30/04/2014 . now i want two days between how many month

    DOJ DOL Experince
    01/11/2013 05/06/2014 = (05/06/2014 - 01/11/2013)

  39. sankar says:

    Sir, I am trying to figure out how I can prevent user to enter duplicate date (in a pre booking template). The conditions are
    1) User A can put a single date or a date range
    2) Other user can't pick any day in between whatever user A had chosen
    3) A date picker calendar always shows only next 20 days date
    Can you please help me
    thanks in advance

  40. SM Frye says:

    Dear Sir,

    I am trying to update a 2014 historical facts calendar (It has a fact for every day of the entire year.) to reflect the new dates and days of the week for 2015. Is there a single formula I can enter to shift the dates ahead for the entire annual calendar, or do I need to execute a formula at each month's start? Either way, I am also in need of a formula to achieve this.

    Thanks for your help.

  41. […] Date with my sheet – 10 tips on using date / time in excel – Excel date time features are very handy and knowing them a little in depth can help you save a ton of time in your day to day spreadsheet chores…. […]

  42. LALIT SHARMA says:

    sir, suppose a date are given in a cell A1 = 20/04/2013... and suppose I want to add 10 years or 10 years and 07 month then how can I add the above ........ so that I Show 21/04/2023..... please justifiee.. sir...

    • Hui... says:

      @Lalit

      If A1 has a date 20/04/2013
      simply
      =A1+date(10,0,0) for +10 Years
      =A1+date(10,7,0) for +10 Years, 7 Months
      =A1+date(10,7,5) for +10 Years, 7 Months 5 days etc

      • Hui... says:

        @Lalit

        If you want to be more precise
        =A1+date(0,120,0) for +10 Years
        =A1+date(0,127,0) for +10 Years, 7 Months
        =A1+date(0,127,5) for +10 Years, 7 Months 5 days etc

  43. LALIT SHARMA says:

    and suppose... tow dates are given .. 20/04/2013 and 27/08/2003.. then how can seprate (-) kare so that the answer should be return in month.. ... it anser of both question are possible to sent the mention email then pls sent the answer in mention e-mail... .. I shall be highly obeliged ...

  44. Zarin says:

    Dear Sir,

    What is the formula using the Data Validation function at excel, to restrict a cell to accept only 2 days of the months (1st and 16th of the month)? Appreciate your kind help. Thanks.

  45. Thang says:

    Hi Pro, i want to find day if given date and weekday. example : Given Tuesday, 31week, 2015 year. Result is 28/7/2015, pls help me!

    • Ron says:

      please help
      i trying to write a formula for dates

      i have a initial date and i am trying to auto populate for 6 months out and one for 9 months out and have the 6 months out change color and when it is 9 months out change another color

      please help

  46. amy says:

    I have an Excel workbook for Study room bookings and within it I have 6 worksheets Monday thru Saturday. Without having to create 365 worksheets with individual dates on them what formula can I print these worksheets with the dates for the remaining days of the year automatically populated or is it possible?

  47. Elyse says:

    Is there a way to take 2 dates and subtract the newest date from the oldest to get the number of days difference? I tried the one that it says on this page but it didn't work.

  48. Suresh Ramachandran says:

    how to highlight days a month which is greater than 10th of every month

  49. Jenny says:

    Hi,

    How can 1 cell can put 2 dates by date format.
    I have the problem of 1 customer make 2 times payment.
    I can only record as 01/06/2016 & 02/06/16.
    The problem is when i filter that cell can't appear

    • Hui... says:

      @Jenny
      It is poor practice to store multiple records in one cell
      It is much easier to store multiple records ion multiple rows
      That also allows flexibility in reporting

      When entering data in a record that is mostly similar to the record above, you can use the Ctrl+D shortcut, This duplicates the cell directly above you speeding up data entry

  50. piecevcake says:

    Hello,
    Could you please tell me the solution to this? I have spent months, years, looking for it...
    When I press ctrl+; to enter the date in a cell, I want it to enter d/M/yy. My short date in windows regional settings is d/M/yy. Excel enters d/M/yyyy. The cells must be formatted as text they cannot be formatted as date. I do not want to have to macro-enable my workbooks, There must be a setting in the registry to set this?

    Alternatively, how can I assign that key to my own shortcut for a macro to enter NOW with custom date format? Can't find that either!
    I hope you can help!
    Many thanks

  51. NIRAJ says:

    how to shift date to the next working day if time goes after the working hour. if cell a1 has reference date and time i.e. 04/02/2017 12:30:00
    and cell b1 has working duration i.e. 7 hours . it shows in cell C3 04/02/2017 19:30:00 but 19:30:00 is not our working time. i want to show the value of plan date as 05/02/2017 11:30:00 . working time id 09:00:00 to 17:00:00

    Thanks

  52. Ernst says:

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  53. ANAND says:

    I have to develop Calendar in Excel considering Monday being the First day of week . How I can develop the same ? Please provide me guidance .

  54. Kirst says:

    Hi Chandoo!
    I export incident data daily to Excel 2016 and the dates are text (e.g. 8 Apr 2018). I changed cell to short date field format, but it still recognises this as text until I 'F2' then 'Enter' in each cell. Is there a more efficient way to do this; I have 3 columns of dates and about 1000 lines of data.
    I need it to be dates so I can then create pivot tables and charts from the data.
    Many thanks,
    Kirst.

  55. Mark says:

    some things I find useful:

    INT this will give you the date part of a datetime field
    MOD this will give you the time part of a datetime field

    if you had

    21/06/2018 10:25:00

    in cell a1

    then =INT(A1) would give you 21/06/2018
    and = mod(a1,0) would give you 10:25:00

  56. Sandeep Kothari says:

    oSUM!

  57. David says:

    The most important thing is if you do any calculations you need to be careful, given the vagaries of floating point math.

    e.g. depending on the day you choose, 4pm minus 3pm may be less than, equal to, or greater than one hour.

    Results in some infuriatingly subtle bugs when you forget!

  58. How do we know says:

    Wow! Came here from India's top blogs and this is superb! For some reason, dates have always confounded me in Excel and this was exactly what I needed - esp the section on adding and subtracting dates. Thanks a ton!

  59. Kale says:

    Hi,

    I have a mixed combinations of date format in one column i.e. 'dd/mm/yy' and 'mm/dd/yy'. How do I make them all in the same format, either all in 'dd/mm/yy' format, or all 'mm/dd/yy' format? Thanks in advance!

  60. Nirmal Christian says:

    want to conditional format and highlight all sunday and only second and fourth saturday in the list of given dates

  61. Bjarne says:

    Hey

    have can i work with this time format
    tt:mm:ss,000

  62. tom says:

    I want to develop a formula that will enter a an(hour and minute-not to change) in a cell when any data is entered in another specific cell. This will be used to determine lengths of time between three events
    Thanks,
    Tom

  63. AnnMarie Dixon says:

    I need to input in Excel formula for the date as follow: 2019/2020. The period for each year is July - June. I would need a formula that can change each period.

  64. AnnMarie Dixon says:

    I need to input in Excel formula for the date as follow: 2019/2020. The period for each year is July - June. I would need a formula that can change each period.
    The formula for date to change each year November 1, Year.

  65. Kamlesh Dantani says:

    Hi,
    Option 1 is very much helpful for me.
    I look this type of formula on google since many times but not satisfied.
    Finally I found it.
    Thank you ?so much,
    Kamlesh Dantani

  66. CoreyWilley says:

    Great website. These excel formulas, not just this page, have been super helpful while going through old spreadsheets and finding data. Thanks for the info.

  67. Very informative. Date functions are very important. I frequently visit your articles...awesome. Go ahead.

  68. Nice content, keep sharing with us.

  69. Sidharth Agarwal says:

    Hi Chandoo,

    Need a small help to build a formula where we can show the date of Monday i.e. start of week date from time stamp for eg "3/2/2022 9:21 PM" or either from "Week 10'2022" where Week is for entire year i.e till week 52/53 and "2022" represents the year

    Thanks in advance

    Best
    Sid

  70. Mac says:

    Hello,
    is the format of date case sensitive dd and DD are the same???

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