<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. * * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. * * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed * with this work for additional information regarding copyright * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . --> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textscalc01func_nowxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">NOW</title> <filename>/text/scalc/01/func_now.xhp</filename> </topic> </meta> <body> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150521"><bookmark_value>NOW function</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_JETZT" id="bm_id3150532" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150521" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="47"><variable id="now"><link href="text/scalc/01/func_now.xhp">NOW</link> </variable></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148829" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_JETZT">Returns the computer system date and time.</ahelp> The value is updated when you recalculate the document or each time a cell value is modified.</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146988" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="49">Syntax</paragraph> <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">NOW()</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4598529" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">NOW is a function without arguments.</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154205" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="51">Example</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150774" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52"> <item type="input">=NOW()-A1</item> returns the difference between the date in A1 and now. Format the result as a number.</paragraph> </body> </helpdocument>