Time is a time worksheet function in excel which is used to make time from the arguments provided by the user the arguments are in the following format respectively hours minutes and seconds the range for the input for hours can be from 0-23 and for minutes it is 0-59 and similar for seconds and the method to use this function is as follows Time Hours Minutes. It happens sometimes that you need to track time difference in minutes instead of hours and in this case the best way is to use the below formula. Ctrl inserts the date Windows Ctrl Shift inserts the date and time Windows COMMAND Mac.
The DATEDIF formula takes two date cells and calculates the days between them.
DATEDIF A1B1d The formula takes two cells separated by commas and then uses a d to calculate the difference in days. It happens sometimes that you need to track time difference in minutes instead of hours and in this case the best way is to use the below formula. For example try typing or even copy and paste the following dates into an empty cell. You can type in various configurations of a date and Excel will automatically recognise it as a date and upon pressing ENTER it will convert it to a date serial number and apply a date format on the cell.