rossnixon
rossnixon

Reputation: 101

How to subtract a time constant in LibreOffice calc

I want to subtract 8 hours from a cell with a time in it (HH:MM)

I want to track whether I work more than 8 hours, or less than 8 hours each day. If I work more, I should get a POSITIVE HH:MM result. If I work less, I should get a NEGATIVE HH:MM result.

Here is what the spreadsheet should end up looking like: enter image description here

A similar question was asked here, but I discovered the 'accepted' answer doesn't cover all cases. How to subtract a time constant in a LibreOffice/OpenOffice/Excel formula?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 408

Answers (1)

tohuwawohu
tohuwawohu

Reputation: 13618

The following custom format code works for me:

HH:MM;[RED]-HH:MM

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Upvotes: 1

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