creates time from hour, minute, second · from excel · excel: not yet compared · sheets: not yet compared

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TIME(hour, minute, second)

returns: number (time serial)

argument	required
hour	required
minute	required
second	required

examples

formula and result, taken from the engine's own test suite — every result below is asserted in CI, not written by hand.

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