=TODAY()

[Amy]

If I use this in a template, how can I get it to save the correct day's date
each time? Do I have to copy, paste special - values?

 

[Niek Otten]

CTRL-; (Control semicolon) enters today's date as a fixed number

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

| If I use this in a template, how can I get it to save the correct day's date
| each time? Do I have to copy, paste special - values?

 

[Gord Dibben]

Yes.

OR enter the date using CTRL + semi-colon to get a static date.

OR code the date as static when you save the file.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Amy]

Thanks, but is there a formula that I can use so the users of my template
never have to enter a date?

AS

 

[Gord Dibben]

Amy

See John McGimpsey's site for a non VBA approach using a circular reference.

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/timestamp.html

Would your users object to having event code add a static date when the workbook
is opened?

Is your template a true template file? As in template.xlt?

You could add this code to Thisworkbook module in your Template.xlt file

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
With Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1")
If .Value = "" Then
.Value = Format(Now, "ddmmmyy")
End If
End With
End Sub

Whenever a new book is created from your template, the date will be entered in
A1 of Sheet1.

When you save that book as template1.xls, the date will be frozen.


Gord

 

[Dave Peterson]

This actually puts a value into the cell and excel may change the format to
something it likes better.

This may be better:

Option Explicit
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
With Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1")
If .Value = "" Then
.value = date 'doesn't include the time
.numberformat = "ddmmmyy"
end if
End With
End Sub