TIMEVALUE

Converts a time in the form of text to a serial number.

getActiveSheet(); // Add some data $testDates = ['3:15', '13:15', '15:15:15', '3:15 AM', '3:15 PM', '5PM', '9:15AM', '13:15AM', ]; $testDateCount = count($testDates); for ($row = 1; $row <= $testDateCount; ++$row) { $worksheet->setCellValue('A' . $row, $testDates[$row - 1]); $worksheet->setCellValue('B' . $row, '=TIMEVALUE(A' . $row . ')'); $worksheet->setCellValue('C' . $row, '=B' . $row); } $worksheet->getStyle('C1:C' . $testDateCount) ->getNumberFormat() ->setFormatCode('hh:mm:ss'); echo '

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Time String	Formula	Excel TimeStamp	Formatted TimeStamp
', $worksheet->getCell('A' . $row)->getFormattedValue(), '	', $worksheet->getCell('B' . $row)->getValue(), '	', $worksheet->getCell('B' . $row)->getFormattedValue(), '	', $worksheet->getCell('C' . $row)->getFormattedValue(), '