Use F9 to force the worksheet to recalculate and update the value.
The value returned by the NOW function is a standardExcel date, including afractional value for time.
To display the result as a date, apply a datenumber format.
Optionally,customize the number formatto include the time.
If you want the current date without a time value, use theTODAY function.
Note that you will need to apply anumber formatto display the date and/or time as required.
Here are three examples:
Note: the NOW function returns the current date and time.
The similarTODAY functionreturns just the current date.
However, in some cases, you may want to return only the current time.
The first argument is the number, and the second is the divisor.
Hours and minutes before a specific time
Why would you want to remove the date?
If the time remaining is positive, MAX will return that value.
If the time that remains is negative, MAX will return zero.
To see hours and minutes, format the result with the number format like “h:mm”.
Formatting results
The result of NOW is a serial number representing anExcel dateandtime.
it’s possible for you to format the value returned by TODAY using any standard dateformat.
The TODAY function takes no arguments.
you’re able to format the value returned by TODAY with a datenumber format.
in a text string with the number format of your choice.
