Documentation/How Tos/Calc: TIMEVALUE function

TIMEVALUE

returns the date-time serial number, from a time as text.

Syntax:

TIMEVALUE (timetext)

timetext is a time, expressed as text.

TIMEVALUE returns the date-time serial number, which may be formatted to read as a time.

Example:

TIMEVALUE ("16:48:00")

returns 0.7, the date-time serial number for 16:48:00. This may be formatted to read, for example, 4:48 PM.

See also:

TIME, DATEVALUE

Date & Time functions

Date & Time overview

Issues:

The forthcoming ODFF standard requires TIMEVALUE to return the date-time serial number as a time, so Calc should automatically format the result as a time. However currently Calc seems to return the date-time serial number as a number, requiring the user to format the result manually. See Issue 84903