Converting time into another time zone

[jaxstraww]

I was helped here once before. I'm given reports but they are in a different
time zone. I need to make that data work for me with what time it would be in
my time. I was given the following string.

=B2+C2-TIME(6,0,0)

B2 is the time & C2 is the date. My output string is the East Coast Time
below.

Time Date East Coast Time
22:44:18 1/12/2009 Monday 1/12/09 16:44:18


Works like a charm. Issue now is that I'm taking 24h time from one time zone
and converting it to 24h time in my time zone. I'd prefer that my time zone
be put into 12h time. I'd like to feed in military time as I have been doing
and the date for my calculation but would like my output to be AM or PM. Is
that output even possible?

One other issue. I copy paste teh date into the worksheet from the paperwork
I am given. Their format has changed. Date went from xx/xx/xxxx to xx.xx.xxxx
How do I drop in xx.xx.xxxx format and still have my string work? Once I use
"." instead of "/" I get an error in the output.

 

[Fred Smith]

No problem. Just format the output cell with 12-hour time. Formatting simply
changes the way your data appears. It has no effect on the underlying
values. All your formulas will still work, regardless of your time formats.

On the second issue, you could change your Windows Regional Settings to
specify a separator of "." rather than "/", however, this affects all date
entries. Any chance you could talk them into using a dash ("-"), which is
the international standard? Excel will accept that as a date entry.

Regards,
Fred.

 

[jaxstraww]

Noob here.

dddd m/d/yy h:mm:ss

Is what I have when I start to format. Its in the custom area. When I format
with AM/PM in 12 hour I lose my day and time. So I get teh 12h time to work
but I lose the day of teh week and date?

 

[jaxstraww]

Brother I figured it out. I'm a noob no more. I simply added AM/PM after the
string in format and got the magic. Much appreciated.

 

[Fred Smith]

Glad to help. Thanks for the feedback.

Regards,
Fred