How to format a duration as HH:mm in the new Google sheets

Question

In the new Google sheets there\'s a way of formatting a number as a duration. Format -> Number -> Duration.

• 1 is formatted as 24:00:00

Answer 1

The answer from Hot Licks and spex worked for me in Google sheets - enclosing the h in [] , as in TEXT(A2,"[h]:mm:ss"), allows a duration larger than 24 hours. Without the [], 28 hours shows up as 4, with the [h], 28 hours shows as 28.