<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- *********************************************************************** * * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. * * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite * * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. * * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. * ************************************************************************ --> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textscalc01func_nowxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">NOW</title> <filename>/text/scalc/01/func_now.xhp</filename> </topic> </meta> <body> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150521"><bookmark_value>NOW function</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <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> </variable></paragraph> <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> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146988" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="49">Syntax</paragraph> <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">NOW()</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4598529" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">NOW is a function without arguments.</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154205" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="51">Example</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150774" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52"> <item type="input">=NOW()-A1</item> returns the difference between the date in A1 and now. Format the result as a number.</paragraph> </body> </helpdocument>