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TIME

Supported, behaves as documented

Category: Date and time · Last tested 2026-08-06

Real, executed compatibility results for the TIME function across Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc — verified by actually running it. Syntax and links to each vendor’s official documentation are below.

Support matrix

EngineDocumentedLive-testedVerdict
Excel Yes Not yet n/a
Google Sheets Yes Not yet n/a
LibreOffice Calc Yes Yes (25.8.7.3, 2026-08-06) Supported, behaves as documented

LibreOffice version history

We executed the same test cases under each LibreOffice release to show exactly when TIME’s support changed — not documentation claims, real results.

LibreOffice versionVerdictTested
24.2.0.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-19
24.8.7.2 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-19
25.2.0.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-24
25.8.7.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-08-06

Executed test cases

LibreOffice Calc 25.8.7.3 (tested 2026-08-06)

FormulaDescriptionResultExpectedVerdict
=TIME(13,30,0) Ordinary in-range h/m/s construction returns the fraction-of-a-day serial 0.5625 0.5625
13:30 = 13.5/24 of a day = 0.5625		 Matched
=TIME(25,0,0) Documented behavior: an hour argument greater than 23 wraps modulo 24 instead of erroring or accumulating past a single day. Verified via https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/time-function-9a5aff99-8f7d-4611-845e-747d0b8d5457 ("Any value greater than 23 will be divided by 24 and the remainder will be treated as the hour value") 0.041666666666666664 0.041666666666666664
25 mod 24 = 1 -> TIME(1,0,0) = 1/24 of a day		 Matched
=TIME(27,0,0) The exact example given in Microsoft's own TIME documentation ("TIME(27,0,0) = TIME(3,0,0) = .125 or 3:00 AM") 0.125 0.125
27 mod 24 = 3 -> TIME(3,0,0) = 3/24 = 0.125, matching the cited doc example verbatim		 Matched

Docs & syntax

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