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Time card and time tracking formulas for Apple Numbers

I hope to use apple numbers spreadsheet for a time card for myself, to track billable hours for my architecture practice. What are some of the time functions to time stamp, etc.?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Oct 28, 2021 1:57 PM

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Posted on Oct 28, 2021 2:47 PM

Hi Luigi,


TIME will return the current time of day, but, like all other functions in Numbers, will refresh (with a new time) whenever there is a change made in the table.


The menu item Date&Time (in the Insert menu) will place the current Date and Time value at the insertion point, and initially display only the date part. To change the display to show only the time part, you'll need to option-click the cell showing the inserted Date, then choose the display tou want from the menu that pops up:

Note that the cell will still contain the full Data and Time value, but only the time part will be displayed.


Regards,

Barry

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Oct 28, 2021 2:47 PM in response to Luigi8888

Hi Luigi,


TIME will return the current time of day, but, like all other functions in Numbers, will refresh (with a new time) whenever there is a change made in the table.


The menu item Date&Time (in the Insert menu) will place the current Date and Time value at the insertion point, and initially display only the date part. To change the display to show only the time part, you'll need to option-click the cell showing the inserted Date, then choose the display tou want from the menu that pops up:

Note that the cell will still contain the full Data and Time value, but only the time part will be displayed.


Regards,

Barry

Time card and time tracking formulas for Apple Numbers

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