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36         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">TIMEVALUE </title>
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41<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3146755"><bookmark_value>TIMEVALUE function</bookmark_value>
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43<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_ZEITWERT" id="bm_id3146767" localize="false"/>
44<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146755" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U"
45                 oldref="160"><variable id="timevalue"><link href="text/scalc/01/func_timevalue.xhp">TIMEVALUE</link>
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47      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148502" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="161"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_ZEITWERT">TIMEVALUE returns the internal time number from a text enclosed by quotes and which may show a possible time entry format.</ahelp></paragraph>
48      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150794" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="162">The internal number indicated as a decimal is the result of the date system used under $[officename] to calculate date entries.</paragraph>
49      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id011920090347118" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">If the text string also includes a year, month, or day, TIMEVALUE only returns the fractional part of the conversion.</paragraph>
50      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150810" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U"
51                 oldref="163">Syntax</paragraph>
52      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150823" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="164">TIMEVALUE("Text")</paragraph>
53      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152556" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="165">
54         <emph>Text</emph> is a valid time expression and must be entered in quotation marks.</paragraph>
55      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146815" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U"
56                 oldref="166">Examples</paragraph>
57      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146829" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="167">
58         <item type="input">=TIMEVALUE("4PM")</item> returns 0.67. When formatting in time format HH:MM:SS, you then get 16:00:00.</paragraph>
59      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153632" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="168">
60         <item type="input">=TIMEVALUE("24:00")</item> returns 1. If you use the HH:MM:SS time format, the value is 00:00:00.</paragraph>
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