Separate AM/PM from time.

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cuartetto

In column B I have 1000 time entries with the following format. 9:30AM,
10:30PM. I would like to move the AM or Pm into a new column. I've tried
"fixed width", also tried changing the format to put a space between the time
and the AM/PM, but nothing has worked.

Any suggestions?
Don
 
format column C to hh:mm (so no AM/PM is shown)
In C1 enter
=if(b1>0.5,b1-0.5,b1)
this will then only show the 12h clock even if PM
in D1 enter
=if(b1>0.5,"PM"."AM")
Then if you like hide column B
Copy/fill the formulas in C1 and D1 down as needed

Regards
Steve
 
Are these really times or are they text?

If they're plain old text, then I'd convert them to times.

Select the range
Edit|replace:
what: AM
with: _AM (where _ represents the space character)
replace all

And once more for the PM.

Then the results should be real times. And you can use a formula like the ones
Steve suggested.

But I'd keep the data as real times -- maybe format the cell so that I see:

21:30
instead of
9:30 PM
though.
 
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