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SECOND function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation

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What is SECOND function in Excel?

SECOND function is one of Date and Time functions in Microsoft Excel that returns the seconds of a time value. The second is given as an integer in the range 0 (zero) to 59.

Syntax of SECOND function

SECOND(serial_number)

The SECOND function syntax has the following arguments:

  • Serial_number    Required. The time that contains the seconds you want to find. Times may be entered as text strings within quotation marks (for example, “6:45 PM”), as decimal numbers (for example, 0.78125, which represents 6:45 PM), or as results of other formulas or functions (for example, TIMEVALUE(“6:45 PM”)).
Worked Example:   Excel Date & Time Functions Example

SECOND formula explanation

Time values are a portion of a date value and represented by a decimal number (for example, 12:00 PM is represented as 0.5 because it is half of a day).

Worked Example:   Excel Date & Time Functions Example

Example of SECOND function

Steps to follow:

1. Open a new Excel worksheet.

2. Copy data in the following table below and paste it in cell A1

Note: For formulas to show results, select them, press F2 key on your keyboard and then press Enter.

Worked Example:   Excel Date & Time Functions Example

You can adjust the column widths to see all the data, if need be.

Data    
Time
4:48:18 PM
4:48 PM
Formula Description Result
=SECOND(A3) Seconds in the first time (18) 18
=SECOND(A4) Seconds in the second time (0)

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