#+name: workingDays #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var hms="0" (require 'org-timer) (/ (org-timer-hms-to-secs hms) (* 60 60 8)) #+END_SRC Note the variable reference is prefixed with a "$" to ensure that it is interpreted as a string. See the `sbe' documentation for full `sbe' usage information. | Days | H:M:S | |------+-----------| | 29 | 236:30:00 | #+TBLFM: @2$1='(sbe workingDays (hms $@2$2))