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Calculate 0h durations in a timesheet?

My job requires us to turn in timesheets for each pay period and I am trying to turn it digital to make it a little easier. In the process, I have gotten Numbers to calculate the durations I need unless there is no time present. If I don't have a clock in/out present, the calculation is 0 rather than 0h and it throws everything off. I tried changing the cell format to duration but when I click off the cell and go back to it, it changes back to automatic. I tried doing an if statement in the function but if I try to type any duration into the function (i.e. 0h) it simply won't let me. Is there a way to get the calculation to default to 0h if there isn't a time present to calculate?

Posted on Apr 25, 2023 8:28 AM

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User profile for user: SGIII
SGIII
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Posted on Apr 25, 2023 9:03 AM

There are various ways to deal with this problem but I like the one Apple provides in the 'Employee Schedule' template at File > New in your menu:




=IF(OR(ISBLANK(C2),ISBLANK(D2)),DURATION(0),D2−C2)



This inserts a 0h Duration if either C or D are blank; otherwise it subtracts to Date & Times for a result in Duration.


Use ; instead of , in the formula if your regions uses , as the decimal separator.



SG

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SGIII
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Apr 25, 2023 9:03 AM in response to tyc2010

There are various ways to deal with this problem but I like the one Apple provides in the 'Employee Schedule' template at File > New in your menu:




=IF(OR(ISBLANK(C2),ISBLANK(D2)),DURATION(0),D2−C2)



This inserts a 0h Duration if either C or D are blank; otherwise it subtracts to Date & Times for a result in Duration.


Use ; instead of , in the formula if your regions uses , as the decimal separator.



SG

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Calculate 0h durations in a timesheet?

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