Excel TODAY Function
Friday May 22, 2009
It’s a good practice to add the current date to a spreadsheet when it is created or updated.
You could just type the date into a cell, or, if you desire more flexibility, you can use the TODAY function, which is one of Excel's date functions.
To find out how to use the function, read the article on using the Excel 2007 TODAY Function.
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You could just type the date into a cell, or, if you desire more flexibility, you can use the TODAY function, which is one of Excel's date functions.
To find out how to use the function, read the article on using the Excel 2007 TODAY Function.
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This is a very useful function as it saves the user from typing the date in each time he/she opens the spreadsheet. You could also mention that it can be used as a validation rule as well, for example if you did not want a date higher than the current written ‘