Fair point well made!!
If anyone's still interested i've tested this formula and it seems to work.
runtime: IIf([start time]=[end time] And [start time]=#22:00:00#,#23:59:59#,IIf([start time]>[end time],(#23:59:59#-[start time])+[end time],[end time]-[start time]))
to take into account the...