Excel formulas to find MIN, MAX and difference of time in powershell

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Below is the data i have in excel

Server Name Control Group   Tape Number Status  Transfer Start Date Transfer Start Time Transfer End Date   Transfer End Time
BR502V7C    QCLDUSYSW         Q23028    ACTIVE     25-09-2021          07:46:47            25-09-2021         08:46:40
BR502V7C    QCLDUSYSW         Q27785    ACTIVE     25-09-2021          07:46:47            25-09-2021         08:46:41
BR502V7C    QCLDUUSRD         Q26071    ACTIVE     24-09-2021          21:02:58            24-09-2021         21:04:47
BR502V7C    QCLDUGRPD         Q27657    ACTIVE     24-09-2021          21:06:45            24-09-2021         21:16:04
BR502V7C    QCLDUIPLW         Q17404    ACTIVE     25-09-2021          07:46:47            25-09-2021         07:55:49
BR111V11    ABCDEFGH          Q00000    ACTIVE     24-09-2021          01:06:45            24-09-2021         02:16:04
BR111V11    ABCDEFGH          Q9999     ACTIVE     25-09-2021          07:46:47            25-09-2021         07:55:49

I need to calculate the MIN and MAX values for Transfer Start Time (F) and Transfer End Time(H)

and put data like below in same excel at Sheet1

System Name Start Date  Start Time  End Date    End Time    "Total Duration(HH:MM:SS)"
BR502V7C    25-09-2021  07:46:46    25-09-2021  21:16:04    13:29:18
BR111V11    24-09-2021  01:06:45    24-09-2021  07:55:49    06:49:04

What I have tried:

e.g. for 1 server

Start Time=MIN(Sheet2!F2:F6)
End Time=MAX(Sheet2!H2:H6)
Total Duration(HH:MM:SS)=E2-C2

Need help in how to do this

Posted 6-Oct-21 5:46am

Empty Coder

Updated 6-Oct-21 6:57am

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CHill60 6-Oct-21 11:47am

And what is wrong with the way you have done it?

Empty Coder 6-Oct-21 12:10pm

I am not aware not to do excel calculations in powershell

Richard MacCutchan 6-Oct-21 12:22pm

As I already suggested: use Excel formulas, or write VBA macros.

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CHill60 · Answer 1 · 2021-10-06T06:57:00

If I was trying to find the minimum and maximum values of data in Excel I would just use a pivot table - either a straight forward pivot or a pivot query using Power Query.

In Excel it's probably best to combine the date and time into a single column (for calc purposes - it doesn't have to be permanent). You can then just subtract one datetime from the other - see How to Calculate Elapsed Time in Excel | Excelchat[^]

It's not clear where or why Powershell comes into this - but you may find this post useful By Example – PowerShell commands for Excel | SQL Notes From The Underground[^]
Powershell (or VBA) can also be used to auto-refresh the pivot data as necessary