How Calculate Average Of Minutes and Seconds In Excel

Question

My raw data in column B each on a new line looks like this:- 5.04,3.57,0.58,10.01 Left of. is minutes and right of. is seconds. I need to calculate the average of my data. How do I go about this?

Answer 1

You need to convert to a true time; one option is to use TIME and parse the raw data:

In a new column, use:

 =TIME(,LEFT(B1,FIND(".",B1)),MID(B1,FIND(".",B1)+1,999))

Another option is to use TIMEVALUE :

=TIMEVALUE("00:"&SUBSTITUTE(TEXT(B5,"00.00"),".",":"))

EDIT :

Use TEXT to force the raw times to retain a trailing zero when parsing:

 =TIMEVALUE("00:"&SUBSTITUTE(TEXT(B5,"00.00"),".",":"))

Another option, probably the best one actually, is just a bit of math:

 =TIME(,TRUNC(B1),(B1-TRUNC(B1))*100)