time entry with am/pm and no colons

[Cyrus]

I have a log sheet where a nurse will enter the time in and time out. I have
a formula giving the total time in clinic. What is the best way to set up
formatting for entry?

I don't want the nurse to be required to type a colon, but I do need her to
do AM or PM.

My formula for figuring the time duration is:

=TEXT(IF(M2-L2>0,M2-L2,""),"h:mm")

Is this the best formula for ease of entry?

I would like her to type time in to be "130p" and time out "215p" and my
formula to display "00:45" I need am/pm so that it can figure time in
"1245a" and time out "115p"

I need help!!!

Cyrus

 

[CLR]

How about just having the Nurse select the cell where the entry is supposed
to go and then hitting a Button to run this macro..........

Sub TimeStamp()
' Select a cell and run the macro to insert
' the current date and time
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = Date & " " & Time
End Sub

It will automatically enter a perfect current Date and Time Stamp

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[Bob Phillips]

I've had a shot at amending Chip Pearson's time entry routine for you

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Excel.Range)
Dim TimeStr As String
Dim fPM As Boolean
On Error GoTo EndMacro
If Application.Intersect(Target, Range("A1:A10")) Is Nothing Then
Exit Sub
End If
If Target.Cells.Count > 1 Then
Exit Sub
End If
If Target.Value = "" Then
Exit Sub
End If

Application.EnableEvents = False
With Target
If UCase(Right(.Value, 2)) = "PM" Then
fPM = True
.Value = Left(.Value, Len(.Value) - 2)
ElseIf UCase(Right(.Value, 2)) = "AM" Then
.Value = Left(.Value, Len(.Value) - 2)
End If
If .HasFormula = False Then
Select Case Len(.Value)
Case 1 ' e.g., 1 = 00:01 AM
TimeStr = "00:0" & .Value
Case 2 ' e.g., 12 = 00:12 AM
TimeStr = "00:" & .Value
Case 3 ' e.g., 735 = 7:35 AM
TimeStr = Left(.Value, 1) & ":" & _
Right(.Value, 2)
Case 4 ' e.g., 1234 = 12:34
TimeStr = Left(.Value, 2) & ":" & _
Right(.Value, 2)
Case 5 ' e.g., 12345 = 1:23:45 NOT 12:03:45
TimeStr = Left(.Value, 1) & ":" & _
Mid(.Value, 2, 2) & ":" & Right(.Value, 2)
Case 6 ' e.g., 123456 = 12:34:56
TimeStr = Left(.Value, 2) & ":" & _
Mid(.Value, 3, 2) & ":" & Right(.Value, 2)
Case Else
Err.Raise 0
End Select
If fPM Then
TimeStr = Left(TimeStr, InStr(1, TimeStr, ":") - 1) + 12 & _
":" & Right(TimeStr, Len(TimeStr) - InStr(1, TimeStr, ":"))
End If
.Value = TimeValue(TimeStr)
End If
End With
Application.EnableEvents = True
Exit Sub
EndMacro:
MsgBox "You did not enter a valid time"
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

'This is worksheet event code, which means that it needs to be
'placed in the appropriate worksheet code module, not a standard
'code module. To do this, right-click on the sheet tab, select
'the View Code option from the menu, and paste the code in.


--
HTH

Bob Phillips

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[Cyrus]

Great idea, but the nurse will be entering this data at the end of the day so
a time stamp won't work.

Cyrus

 

[Cyrus]

Will this stamp a time? The nurse will not be entering the data at the
actual time - she will be keying at the end of the day, so she needs to
actually key in the data.

 

[Bob Phillips]

Try it and tell us if it works or how it doesn't.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

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[Cyrus]

I do not understand how to do this. I've opened view code and pasted, saved
and go back into worksheet and it's still not displaying.

I want to type 1230p and it display "12:30 PM"

I appreciate your help

Cyrus

 

[Bob Phillips]

This is worksheet event code, which means that it needs to be
placed in the appropriate worksheet code module, not a standard
code module. To do this, right-click on the sheet tab, select
the View Code option from the menu, and paste the code in.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(remove nothere from email address if mailing direct)

 

[Cyrus]

I know nothing about VB.

I right clicked on tab, view code, pasted your code into my worksheet 1,
saved and closed VB. I then went into worksheet and typed "1230p" and it
still doesn't display "12:30 PM"

Thanks for being so patient with me...just don't know anything about Visual
Basic.

 

[Bob Phillips]

Cyrus,

why don't you mail me the workbook

bob (dot) phillips (at) tiscali (dot) co (dot) uk

do the obvious with the bits in brackets

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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