TODAY

Name

Today

Description

Returns the serial value of the current date.

Syntax

TODAY()

Remarks

This function does not accept arguments. If you use the TODAY function in a date cell, the date cell formats the serial value using the date format settings.

Spread's calc engine processes dates as a numeric value in the form x.y, where x is the "number of days since December 30, 1899" and y is the fraction of day. Numbers to the left represent the date, which is the value that the DATE function returns. Use the TIME function to return the serial value for the time value (the fraction of a day).

Date values are based on the number of days elapsed since December 30, 1899, which has a date serial value of Day 0. For example, December 31, 1899 has a date serial value of 1. Date values prior to December 30, 1899 have negative date serial values. For example, the date value December 29, 1899 has a date serial value of –1.

See also DATE, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, MONTH, NOW, SECOND, TIME, WEEKDAY, and YEAR.

Data Type

Does not accept data. Returns numeric data. For more information, see Data Type for Each Cell Type.

Example

If today is November 14, 2000, then

TODAY()=36844