Microsoft KB Archive/73023

= Converting a Decimal Degree Value to Degrees, Minutes, Seconds =

Article ID: 73023

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel 4.0a
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0a for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Excel 4.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Excel 3.0a for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q73023



SUMMARY
This article provides a sample Microsoft Excel macro type (XLM) to convert a degree value stored in decimal format (base 10) to degrees, minutes, and seconds as text. Microsoft Excel does not provide a number format to do this.



MORE INFORMATION
Fractions of a degree are commonly expressed in units called minutes and seconds. One degree is equivalent to 60 minutes, and similarly one minute equals 60 seconds. These units are most commonly used with nautical charts and navigation.

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. The following function macro will accept an angle formatted as a decimal number and convert it to degrees, minutes, and seconds as text.   A1:     Convert_Degree A2:    =ARGUMENT(&quot;Decimal_Deg&quot;) A3:    =RESULT(2) A4:    Degrees=INT(Decimal_Deg) A5:    Minutes=(Decimal_Deg-Degrees)*60 A6:    Seconds=ROUND((Minutes-INT(Minutes))*60,0) A7:    =RETURN(Degrees&amp;&quot;~ &quot;&INT(Minutes)&&quot;' &quot;&Seconds&&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;) For example, entering =Convert_Degree(10.46) into a worksheet returns 10~ 27' 36&quot; (10 degrees, 27 minutes, 36 seconds).

