returns current date and time · from excel · excel: not yet compared · sheets: not yet compared

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NOW()

returns: number (date-time serial) · volatile — recomputes on every evaluation

usage

• =NOW()

related

• DATE creates date from year, month, day
• DATEDIF calculates difference between two dates
• DATEVALUE converts date text to serial number
• DAY returns day of month from date
• DAYS returns number of days between two dates
• DAYS360 returns days between dates on 360-day year