1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 14*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 15*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 16*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 17*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 18*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 19*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <helpdocument version="1.0"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textscalc01func_nowxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">NOW</title> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/scalc/01/func_now.xhp</filename> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150521"><bookmark_value>NOW function</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146988" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="49">Syntax</paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">NOW()</paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4598529" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">NOW is a function without arguments.</paragraph> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154205" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="51">Example</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150774" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52"> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<item type="input">=NOW()-A1</item> returns the difference between the date in A1 and now. Format the result as a number.</paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 50