Comments on: Today() Formula in Excel

By: Myron Murray

Myron Murray — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:10:05 +0000

I have an XLS w/multiple tabs. Some I update regularly, some not. Similar to the today() function, is there a function whereby if I update just one of the multiple tabs, it will only change the date in the specific cell with “today’s” date?

By: john

john — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:59:56 +0000

Try using a formula such as this: =date(year(A1),month(A1),1)

By: Chaz

Chaz — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:36:28 +0000

Since I handle Bills with close dates, I need a formula that will automatically tell me how many days are left before the deadline. I normally have to place the deadline date to make a simple equation but it there a way that i can make a formula that says the current month instead of the exact date? i need it to tell the month today in this format, mm/dd/yyyy. for example, if i launch the file today, it should reflect 10/1/2011 regardless of what date it is but when I launch it anytime next month it should reflect 11/1/2011.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:31:55 +0000

OK I got action.
There must of been some kind of “lock” on the spreedsheet,
When I opened Excel this morning, I tryed it on a blank sheet and it worked, so then I went back to my other file I could not get it to work.

And then copy & paste information to a new file and saved it under the old file name , that is one cool way to fix the problem,

It would great to know how I could of “unlocked” the speedsheet.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:11:50 +0000

I dont get this I tried
=TODAY()
at work on Version 7 for windows 95, (why it is so old, dont ask)
but all I get in the cell is =TODAY() , it works great at home with openOffice

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:51:11 +0000

Hey John — just checking in on how to sum “To Date” values

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:05:31 +0000

=SUMIFS($S8:$QT8,$S$7:$QT$7,G$7,$S6:$QT6,”

for some reason the < operation in my workbook is not working with the volatile today()

it works with straight equals to today() …… or the < with entering a straight date serial number.

but not the combo of < and today(). Thanks, Tom

By: john

john — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:55:31 +0000

Hi Tom, Can you put your formula in a comment and I’ll take a look at what’s not working for you?

Thanks,
John

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:34:09 +0000

John and team, I am having a problem with the SUMIFS function when comparing with a criteria < today(). have you encountered this before ?

for accounting purpose (the TO DATE totals for example) I am trying to get the Sum of the data that falls before today.

By: john

john — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:19:02 +0000

Thanks flapep2… I’m glad you are finding the info helpful. If there is anything you would like to see posted on Excel Hints, please drop me a note.