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37<topic id="textscalc01func_nowxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
38<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">NOW</title>
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43<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150521"><bookmark_value>NOW function</bookmark_value>
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45<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>
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47<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>
48<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146988" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="49">Syntax</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">NOW()</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4598529" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">NOW is a function without arguments.</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154205" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="51">Example</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150774" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">
53<item type="input">=NOW()-A1</item> returns the difference between the date in A1 and now. Format the result as a number.</paragraph>
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