1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 302dbb15cSAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4cdf0e10cSrcweir * 502dbb15cSAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 602dbb15cSAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 702dbb15cSAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 802dbb15cSAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 902dbb15cSAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 1002dbb15cSAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 1102dbb15cSAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12cdf0e10cSrcweir * 1302dbb15cSAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14cdf0e10cSrcweir * 1502dbb15cSAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 1602dbb15cSAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 1702dbb15cSAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 1802dbb15cSAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 1902dbb15cSAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 2002dbb15cSAndrew Rist * under the License. 21cdf0e10cSrcweir * 2202dbb15cSAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 2302dbb15cSAndrew Rist 24cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textscalc01func_nowxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">NOW</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/scalc/01/func_now.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 32ae3b042bSmseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150521"> 33ae3b042bSmseidel<bookmark_value>NOW function</bookmark_value> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 359b5c5849Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_JETZT" id="bm_id3150532" localize="false"/> 36*1d677c48Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150521" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U"><variable id="now"><link href="text/scalc/01/func_now.xhp">NOW</link> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 38*1d677c48Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148829" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><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> 39*1d677c48Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146988" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 40*1d677c48Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">NOW()</paragraph> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4598529" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">NOW is a function without arguments.</paragraph> 42*1d677c48Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154205" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 43*1d677c48Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150774" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><item type="input">=NOW()-A1</item> returns the difference between the date in A1 and now. Format the result as a number.</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 46