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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">NOW</title>
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33<bookmark_value>NOW function</bookmark_value>
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36<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>
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38<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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146988" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph>
40<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">NOW()</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4598529" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">NOW is a function without arguments.</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154205" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph>
43<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>
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