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EXCEL NOW FUNCTION
Excel NOW Function Introduction
This function returns the current date and time’s serial number.
Description of Excel NOW Function
Syntax:
=NOW ()
There are no parameters for NOW, but it does require empty parenthesis. Each time the worksheet is refreshed, the value returned by NOW will update (for example, each time a value is entered or changed).
Step By Step Guide of NOW Function
If you place a -7 after the first formula, it will return the current date and time, and if you put a -7 after the second formula, it will return the previous week’s date and time.
If you add +7 to the third formula, you’ll receive the date and time for the following week.
To get the dates you want, you can also add or remove dates from now.
Key Points
- The time is represented by the digits to the right of the decimal point in the serial number, while the date is represented by the numbers to the left. The serial number 0.5, for example, denotes the hour 12:00 noon.
- Only when the worksheet is computed or a macro containing the function is invoked do the results of the NOW function change. It is not constantly updated.
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