Add and Subtract Time in Excel (Over 24 Hours)

Adding more than 24 hours to a time is often used in Excel to track work hours and more.


How to add time over 24 hours in Excel

How to Display More Than 24 Hours in Excel

With standard Excel settings, time is displayed within a 24-hour range.
Times exceeding 24 hours start again at 0, so you need to use brackets to display times over 24 hours.

When you add time in Excel, times over 24 hours are not usually displayed.
  1. Open the Custom number format dialog box. (Ctrl + 1)
  2. If times over 24 hours are not displayed, the format is set to h:mm.
  3. To display times over 24 hours, use [h]:mm .


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