SECOND Function - Excel


Overview


The SECOND function in Excel is a useful tool for extracting the second component from a time. This function returns the value of a number between 0 and 59.

An example of the SECOND function in Excel

Example:

=SECOND("3:30:35 PM")

Syntax:

=SECOND(serial_number)

serial_number: This is the time from which you want to extract the second.


Example


In this example, the SECOND function returns a value of 35 because the time it is extracting it from is “3:30:35 PM”.

Another example of the SECOND function in Excel

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