Re: [libreoffice-users] Calculate decimal seconds

Hi.
2 interesting options, which one you choose depends upon what you want 
to do with the number you get. You need to bear in mind that option 2 is 
just showing you DAYS in a different format.

If the time is how long to run 100 (m/ft) and you want to calculate a 
speed for instance you would divide 100 by the seconds.
Option 1 will give you the m(ft)/second velocity.
Option 2 will give you the m(ft)/day velocity.

Quite different answers.
Steve

On 30/03/17 05:06, Cley Faye wrote:
> 2017-03-29 15:38 GMT+02:00 vytas <vytas@magma.ca>:
>
> > I have a spreadsheet containing timing results which are displayed using
> > the a Format code of MM:SS.00  (02:58.03).
> >
> > What I require is the number of seconds the cell represents as a decimal
> > number of seconds (178.03) for the above value.
Option 1

> > ​The actual, numerical value stored in such a cell is a number of day. To
> > find this out, you can remove formating.
> >
> > Suppose you have 02:58.03 in A1, you put "=A1" in A2, then Ctrl+M to remove
> > formatting, it will show you something like 0.002060532
> > To convert from "number of day" to "number of seconds", multiply with
> > 60*60*24. For example, putting "=A1*60*60*24" in A3 will display 178.03
Option 2
> > Changing the format to
> > [SS].00
> > wold help.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Robert


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