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Why will this formula not return the correct date?
=IF(A3="","",IF(B3="",NOW(),B3))
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Because either A3 is blank or B3 is not blank.

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It does return the correct date, given the relevant inputs.

What do you have in A3 and B3, what result did you get, and what did you
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