Formatting the =NOW() function ? - di

Hi,
Im using the =NOW() function to display time and date in my worksheet.

Could someone please tell me a few ways to format it to display differently?
e.g: Date only, time only, date first, time first etc

Thankyou if you can help.

Formatting the =NOW() function ? - Alan

=TEXT(NOW(),"dddd dd mmmm yyyy hh:mm:ss")
Move the 'dddd' 'mmmm' etc around to suit or omit what you don't want.
'dddd' gives 'Saturday', 'ddd' gives 'Sat', 'dd' gives 06, same thing with
the month and year,
Regards,
Alan.

Formatting the =NOW() function ? - di

Thankyou, that works great.

Formatting the =NOW() function ? - Gord Dibben

Note: you will not be able to use this in any calculations because it is text.

Better you should enter  =NOW() in a cell then go to Format>Cells>Number>Custom
and format as you wish.


Gord Dibben  MS Excel MVP

Formatting the =NOW() function ? - di

Thanks Gord, I tried that and it works too. :-)