Why would it throw an error?

The parens are unnecessary, but otherwise it should work with the VBA
Now function.


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"Frank Kabel" wrote:

this line
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").FormulaR1C1 = Now()

should throw an error. You probably meant:
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").FormulaR1C1 = "=Now()"
though this will update the value with each re-calculation