Doh! I never read properly what the OP asked for - four cells! Days,
Hours, Minutes & Seconds

=IF(TODAY()DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),12,24),DATEDIF(TODA Y(),DATE(YEAR(TODAY())+1,12,25),"yd"),DATEDIF(TODA Y(),DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),12,25),"yd"))&"
Day"&IF(TODAY()=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),12,24),"","s")

=TEXT(TODAY()+1-NOW(),"h")&" hour"&IF(TEXT(TODAY()+1-NOW(),"h")="1","","s")

=MID(TEXT(TODAY()+1-NOW(),"h:m"),SEARCH(":",TEXT(TODAY()+1-NOW(),"h:m"))+1,3)&"
minute"&IF(TEXT(TODAY()+1-NOW(),"mm")="1","","s")

=TEXT(TODAY()+1-NOW(),"s")&"
second"&IF(TEXT(TODAY()+1-NOW(),"s")="1","","s")

From Christmas Day it gives the number of days until the following
Christmas.

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"Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message
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Here's my old formula

=IF(TODAY()DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),12,24),"Wait Until After New
Year",DATEDIF(NOW(),DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),12,24),"YM" )&" Month(s),
"&DATEDIF(NOW(),DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),12,24),"MD" )&" Day(s),
"&TEXT(23-HOUR(NOW()),"###")&" Hour(s), "&TEXT(59-MINUTE(NOW()),"###")&"
Minute(s), and "&TEXT(59-SECOND(NOW()),"###")&" Second(s) until
Christmas.")


btw your formula returned "FALSE 6 days 10:25:25" using US Pacific time on
the 19th of Dec current time

mine returned
"0 Month(s), 5 Day(s), 10 Hour(s), 25 Minute(s), and 24 Second(s) until
Christmas."

I haven't really tested mine either so I don't know it is correct overall
since I did it for my kids back in 2002 and I didn't test all
possibilities plus I skipped the time period between Christmas and new
year but at least that day current time it nailed it


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"Sandy Mann" wrote in message
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=IF(DATEDIF(TODAY(),DATE(2007,12,25),"ym")=1,DATE DIF(TODAY(),DATE(2007,12,25),"ym")&"
Month"&IF(DATEDIF(TODAY(),DATE(2007,12,25),"ym")," s
",""))&IF(DATEDIF(TODAY(),DATE(2007,12,25),"md")= 1,DATEDIF(TODAY(),DATE(2007,12,25),"md")&"
Day")&IF(DATEDIF(TODAY(),DATE(2007,12,25),"md")1, "s ","
")&TEXT(TODAY()+1-NOW(),"h:mm:ss")

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Merry Christmas

Sandy
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"michelle" wrote in message
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would like to create a worksheet that displays in four cells the number
of
days, hours, minutes, and seconds from now till christmas. should update
automatically. Does anyone know how it can be done?