In Excel, many times when you work with data that has date and time as values in the cells, you might find those values in numeric decimal values or non-uniformed formats.
To make those values into a standard time format, you need to apply the time format using the quick keyboard shortcut, which will convert those values into a standard time format.
Keyboard Shortcut to Apply Time Format in the Excel
The keyboard shortcut to apply the time Format is mentioned below:
Ctrl + Shift + @
Steps to Apply Time Format Using Keyboard Shortcut
- First, select the cells or the column that have time as values.
- After that, simply press the “Ctrl + Shift + @” keys together and your values will get converted to a uniform time format.
Points to Remember
- Numeric values without decimal places represent date only so If you have any value in numeric without decimals, it will show the time as 00:00.
- Numeric values with decimal places represent date and time so If you have any numeric value with decimals, it will show the time in a cell but the date and time both in the formula bar.
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