NOW Function in Google Sheets

Syntax

NOW()

Description

Returns the current date and time.

Tips & Best Practices

Includes time component. Recalculates on every edit.

Example

=NOW(...)

The NOW function belongs to the Date category of Google Sheets functions.

Related Functions

• TODAY — Returns the current date....
• DATE — Converts a year, month, and day into a date....
• DATEVALUE — Converts a provided date string in a known format to a date value....
• DAY — Returns the day of the month that a specific date falls on....
• MONTH — Returns the month of the year a specific date falls in....
• YEAR — Returns the year specified by a given date....

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