At the risk of confusing you, there is an option in Excel to change your current worksheet to use January 2nd, 1904.It represents the number of days that have passed since January 1st, 1900. The value before the decimal point - 41561 - is the date. It doesn't matter how you format the cell - the number remains the same. The number that Excel actually stores when you type this date and time into a cell is 41561.39375. We'll work with 9:27 am on October 14th, 2013. Let's look at a specific example of a date and time, and see how Excel sees this date. However, that doesn't change the underlying number that is used when you perform a calculation on the value in the cell, which means you can end up with confusing, inaccurate results. You can format a cell to show only the date component or the time component of a date and time stored in that cell.Regardless of how you format dates and times, all calculations using dates and/or times are performed using the underlying numbers. The result may seem random - but it's not. You can confirm this by typing a number (any number) into a cell in Excel and then apply a date format to it.Whenever you enter or view a date or time in Excel, you are actually viewing a number with a date or time format applied. How Excel stores dates and timesīefore you start working with dates and times in Excel, it's useful to know how Excel stores them in your spreadsheets.
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This lesson shows you how to enter a formula into a cell in Excel that outputs the current date and/or time, and updates automatically as time passes. Or, you may need to perform a calculation that uses the current date or time.
You may simply need to display the current date in a spreadsheet report. There are many scenarios where you may need to use the current date and time in your spreadsheets.
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