The DEC2BIN function in Microsoft Excel is an Engineering function, and its purpose is to convert a decimal number to binary. The formula for the DEC2BIN is DEC2BIN( Number, [Places]).

Warnings Excel will only produce binary numbers with up to 10 bits. This means that it can only convert decimal numbers greater than -513 and less than 512.

How Do I Change Hours & Minutes Into a Decimal Number in Excel?. In addition to its basic spreadsheet functions, Microsoft Excel also allows writing formulas to perform functions on existing data.

How to convert time values into decimal values in Excel Internally, Excel stores the time as a decimal value. The quickest way to see that time value is to change the format.