excel, automatic date and time when info gets entered

S

shorty

in excel, i am trying to get the date and time to automatically enter itself
when info is entered in another cell
 
C

Celt

try this formula in the cell where you want the date and time to appear.
make sure the cell is formatted for Dates.

=if(-cell-<>0,NOW(),"")

where -cell- is the cell reference of where you are entering your data.
 
G

Gord Dibben

Do you then want that date to be static?

Right-click on the sheet tab and "View Code".

Copy/paste the following event code to that module.

As you enter/edit data in column A, the date/time will be stamped in column B.


Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Excel.Range)
'when entering data in a cell in Col A
On Error GoTo enditall
Application.EnableEvents = False
If Target.Cells.Column = 1 Then
n = Target.Row
If Excel.Range("A" & n).Value <> "" Then
Excel.Range("B" & n).Value = Now
End If
End If
enditall:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

in excel, i am trying to get the date and time to automatically enter itself
when info is entered in another cell
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Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
S

shorty

this works perfectly except that when I enter something in the cells it makes
the time the same for all the cells. I need every cell to have it's own
actual date and time.
 
C

Celt

yeah, my bad. I forgot that both NOW() and TODAY() update themselves
when the spreadsheet recalculates. Sorry about that.

Without doing it manually, a macro like Gord suggeted would be the only
way to get a static date.
 
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