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ramil261 Posts 2 Registration date Sunday February 19, 2017 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017 - Feb 20, 2017 at 04:24 AM
vcoolio Posts 1404 Registration date Thursday July 24, 2014 Status Moderator Last seen September 15, 2023 - Feb 20, 2017 at 05:55 AM
Hello,

Please help me on this.

Is there a formula in which TODAY will not auto update. Let's say I want "2/20/2017" to stay as "2/20/2017" and the following day it wont change to "2/21/2017"?.. Because here is what Im trying to do. Once I put an entry to A2 cell, it will automatically put a date on B2 cell. However when I used today on b2 cell which is "2/20/2017" yesterday, it will change to "2/21/2017" which is today. What I want is for B2 cell to stay as "2/20/217" and not change to "2/21/2017" the following day. Is that possible?. Please help. Thank you very much..

Thank you in advance for your help.
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vcoolio Posts 1404 Registration date Thursday July 24, 2014 Status Moderator Last seen September 15, 2023 259
Feb 20, 2017 at 05:55 AM
Hello Ramil261,

A formula won't work in this case as the Today() function is volatile which means that it will always change. You can use the following shortcut key:-

Ctrl + ;

which will place a fixed date in a selected cell

or, the only other way is to use VBA, viz. a Worksheet_Change event. For example:-


Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)

If Target.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub
   If Not Intersect(Target, Columns(1)) Is Nothing Then
      Target.Offset(, 1) = Date
        End If
End Sub


I hope that this helps.

Cheerio,
vcoolio.
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