Dear All
Thank you for the welcome and for the three kind suggestions.
I went through in order, and luckily [h]:mm did it (Big respects to Hui-san - can't be helped guys - he is the ninja!)
I've seen this before but completely forgotten about it - its for when times go over 24 hours right...
I am using sumif all the time with pounds - I have to use with time but the results aren't right...
its timesheets time:
Sheet 1
[Column A] multiple duplicate staff names (format text)
[Column B] Start time (format hh:mm)
[Column C] End time (format hh:mm)
[Column D] =C-B for total...