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Time Entry Validation
Sharon Esdaille 
    
6 years ago
I'm creating a timecard in MS access. How do I restrict time entry to 15-minute increments? Time is entered in military time and converted to hours/minutes with a calculated field.
Richard Rost  @Reply  
          
6 years ago
Oooh... that's a good one. So you're using a DateTime field. Someone will enter 18:07 (which is 6:07pm) and you want that to be rounded UP or DOWN to the nearest 15 minute increment? I already cover converting a difference in times to hours:minutes in my Calculate Total Time video, but the rounding part is new.
Alex Hedley  @Reply  
           
6 years ago
Round to nearest
http://599cd.com/blog/display-article.asp?ID=1063
Alex Hedley  @Reply  
           
6 years ago
Round to Nearest Multiple
Expert 26 - Lesson 1
https://599cd.com/site/courselist/access2013/expert/x26/
Sharon Esdaille OP  @Reply  
    
6 years ago
Rounding is a very good option. I was hoping to enter a validation rule that warns them they must enter time in 15-minute increments and let the user fix it, instead of automatically rounding. I don't know how to structure the validation test.
Richard Rost  @Reply  
          
6 years ago
OK, I got this. :)
Richard Rost  @Reply  
          
6 years ago
Here ya go, Sharon: 15-Minute Increments.
Sharon Esdaille OP  @Reply  
    
6 years ago
This is so cool and you did it so quickly. Thank you. Exactly what I wanted
Richard Rost  @Reply  
          
6 years ago
You happened to catch me at exactly the right time. I was drinking my coffee, looking over the mountain of TechHelp questions I have from other students, and I was trying to decide which one to answer. Then I saw your question, and I was like... ooohhh... that's a good one. I haven't done anything like this in a lesson before. Sometimes I like a challenge too. :)

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