You can also express 15 minutes in a formula with this formula: The formula above divides 15 by 1440, which is the number of minutes in one day. So, to Excel, these formulas are identical:
Round to other time intervals
As you would expect, you can use the same formula to round to different time intervals. To round to the nearest 30 minutes, or nearest 1 hour, use these formulas
Always round up
To always round up to the nearest 15 minutes, you can use the CEILING function: Like MROUND, the CEILING function rounds to a nearest multiple. The difference is that CEILING always rounds up. The FLOOR function can be used to always round down
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