This seems like an easy question but I can't for the life of me get it right.
My db users would like to input a time duration, that is the number of hours/min/sec (hh:nn:ss) that a task took. But if I format as time it screws it up. That is, if a task took 24 minutes and 13 seconds and they input 00:24:13 then it goes into the database as 12:24:13 AM.
Is there a way to format number of hours, min, sec without transforming it into a clock time? It would be great if I had a format and an input mask.
Thanks!
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This seems like an easy question but I can't for the life of me get it right.
My db users would like to input a time duration, that is the number of hours/min/sec (hh:nn:ss) that a task took. But if I format as time it screws it up. That is, if a task took 24 minutes and 13 seconds and they input 00:24:13 then it goes into the database as 12:24:13 AM.
Is there a way to format number of hours, min, sec without transforming it into a clock time? It would be great if I had a format and an input mask.
Thanks!
You are trying to assign a duration in hh:mm:ss format to a Date/Time Field. I don't think it will work. Then following should solve your problem: - Create a Field named [Duration] and set its Data Type to Text.
- Set the following Input Mask for the Field ==> 00:00:00.
- Hours, Minutes, and Seconds can easily be extracted from the [Duration] Field with Calculated Fields as follows:
- Hours: Mid$([Duration],1,2)
-
Minutes: Mid$([Duration],3,2)
-
Seconds: Mid$([Duration],5,2)
- Let me know if this is suitable.
Ahhh, you nailed it. My mistake was thinking it needed to be a date/time field instead of just a text field. That's all I needed!
Thanks! :-)
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