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Creating a static time stamp in Excel online version
Excel Online has no option to switch-on iterative calculations which are required for time stamp trick. VBA doesn't work on Excel Online and I'm not sure if Office Script could be triggered by cell value change.
Having circular reference Excel returns zero as result for such formulas. With applied date format for such cell it is correctly shown as Jan 00, 1900 (or 00.01.1900). No need to change regional setting for your OneDrive or SharePoint site (procedure is slightly different for them), if only for training purposes.
What could be done - add time stamp using iterative calculation technique in Excel Desktop. If open in Excel Online, after some confirmation, time stamp continue to work in Online version as well. I'm not sure how reliable such solution, will it work for different users, in co-authoring mode, after any file update, etc. If works that will be your risks.
Check this link recently I've solved, will help you to get Static Time, works with all versions of Excel.
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thank you for your reply!
your formula
=IF(G8<>"",IF(E8="",NOW(),E8),"")
does almost the same as mine, I tried this version also, but the result is still 00.01.1900.
that is my problem,
any ideas?
thanks
- Read carefully INSTRUCTION I've written with my answer/post @Superuser (the Link) ,,, unfortunately you have skip the major part "How to get Static Date",,, or better share your WB and let me examine & fix it !