Excel: Use text and time function.

Question

I have a cell that takes the time value from another cell. I want to include an addition of this time as well as a dash '-' to format the time into a sort of schedule.

Example:

userinput cell: 5:00 AM

Formated cell (how I would like it to look): 5:00 AM - 3:30 PM

What would the function be to get something like this?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, you'll have to specify the format of the time explicitly. To output the string based on cells A1 and B1, use

=CONCATENATE(TEXT(A1;"h:mm AM/PM");" - ";TEXT(B1;"h:mm AM/PM"))

Formatted in a more visual way, that looks like

=CONCATENATE(         <--- puts arguments together
    TEXT(             <--- formats a value
        A1;           <--- value to format
        "h:mm AM/PM"  <--- format
    );
    " - ";            <--- dash in the middle
    TEXT(             <--- formats a value
        B1;           <--- value to format
        "h:mm AM/PM"  <--- format
    )
);