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Excel 2010: Working with Dates and Times

Excel 2010: Working with Dates and Times

with Dennis Taylor

 


In Excel 2010: Working with Dates and Times, Dennis Taylor shares his solutions for optimizing the use of dates and times in Excel 2010. This course explains what's going on behind the scenes when Excel stores dates and times, gives tips for entering dates and times, and shows options for date and time formatting. It also demonstrates the various date and time functions and shows how to calculate with dates and times in a range of scenarios. Exercise files are included with the course.
Topics include:
  • Understanding how Excel records and stores dates and times
  • Looking at standard date/time entry options and acceptable alternatives
  • Using the TODAY and NOW functions
  • Customizing date formats
  • Exploring keyboard shortcuts
  • Formatting time for hours over 24
  • Calculating differences across dates and times
  • Rounding calculations
  • Working with holidays
  • Validating with dates
  • Converting formatted dates to usable data

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author
Dennis Taylor
subject
Business, Spreadsheets
software
Excel 2010
level
Intermediate
duration
1h 20m
released
Jul 28, 2010

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