In this Microsoft Excel tutorial, I’ll show you four easy ways to convert numbers stored as text to real numbers. All four methods have their own pros and cons, so knowing them all will come in ...

Create your own formula to convert the degrees, minutes and seconds used in geography to a decimal number. DMS map coordinates consist of whole number degrees that are divided into 60 minutes.

Type the formula =Value() and inside the parentheses, type a cell reference that contains text stored as numbers. In this example, it’s cell A2 . Press Enter.

Excel provides serial numbers for all of the date and time formats, from months down to individual seconds. See for yourself: Place your cursor in cell A1. Go to Formulas > Functions and select ...

Trying to use an Excel Date and Time function, but Excel returns a serial number instead of date; this is because Excel stores dates and times in serial numbers in the backend; for instance, when ...