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Default current date formula

when i typed in the formula, i got a date "38817"

That is the date serial number (the way Excel internally stores
dates, the number of days since 0-Jan-1900). Format the cell for
Date and all will be right in your world.


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"sunderland27" wrote in
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when i typed in the formula, i got a date "38817"

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

=IF(A1="no",TODAY(),"")
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"sunderland27" wrote:

i want to be able to have the current date populate a field
when another
field is select "no". can anyone help?



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