Conditional Formatting - Bold the smallest value.

I have a row of cells with time in them. How can I make the cell with the lowest value - bold?
thanks.

As an example,
If column B is a list of dates&times and cell C2 = MIN(B)
then the format for all the cells in column B is
"if equal to 'cell C2' then Bold"
Whoops, sorry, you said row, not column. Same idea, though.
If row 2 is a list of dates&times and cell B3=MIN(2:2)
then the format for the cells in row 2 is
"if equal to 'cell B3' then Bold"
Note that there is no "time", it is date and time. If today you enter "2:00" and tomorrow you enter "1:00", the 2:00 is the earlier time. This is because it is tagged with the date you entered it, unless you specify a different date. If this will be a problem for you, you will have to create a separate row that strips the date off of it with =TIMEVALUE(2:2). This will allow you to get the minimum. I'll have to take a few minutes to figure out how to do the rest.
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