Greeting Function
I have the following function. I'm trying to say that if it is before 12:00 pm, say "Good Morning," if after 12:00 pm but before 6:00 pm say "Good Afternoon," and otherwise say "Good Evening". The function however, is not working properly. Any ideas? =IF(NOW()<TODAY()+HOUR(0.5),"Good Morning"&" "&"Today is"&" "&TEXT(TODAY(),"mmmm dd, yyyy"),IF(NOW()<TODAY()+HOUR(0.75),"Good Afternoon"&" "&"Today is"&" "&TEXT(TODAY(),"mmmm dd, yyyy"),"Good Evening"&" "&"Today is"&" "&TEXT(TODAY(),"mmmm dd, yyyy"))) Any ideas? Thanks. ep -- edwardpestian ------------------------------------------------------------------------ edwardpestian's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=33809 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=555043 |
Greeting Function
edward, I typed in my cut off times in A1:A3 (12:00:00 AM, 12:00:00 PM, 6:00:00 PM respectively). =IF(AND(TIMEVALUE(TEXT(NOW(),"hh:mm:ss"))=A1,TIME VALUE(TEXT(NOW(),"hh:mm:ss"))<A2),"Good Morning",IF(AND(TIMEVALUE(TEXT(NOW(),"hh:mm:ss")) =A2,TIMEVALUE(TEXT(NOW(),"hh:mm:ss"))<A3),"Good Afternoon","Good Evening")) HTH Steve -- SteveG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SteveG's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=7571 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=555043 |
Greeting Function
surely
=if(now()-int(now())<.5,"Good Morning",if(now()-int(now())<.75,"Good Afternoon","Good Evening")) is simpler?! "SteveG" wrote in message ... edward, I typed in my cut off times in A1:A3 (12:00:00 AM, 12:00:00 PM, 6:00:00 PM respectively). =IF(AND(TIMEVALUE(TEXT(NOW(),"hh:mm:ss"))=A1,TIME VALUE(TEXT(NOW(),"hh:mm:ss "))<A2),"Good Morning",IF(AND(TIMEVALUE(TEXT(NOW(),"hh:mm:ss")) =A2,TIMEVALUE(TEXT(NOW()," hh:mm:ss"))<A3),"Good Afternoon","Good Evening")) HTH Steve -- SteveG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SteveG's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=7571 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=555043 |
Greeting Function
Thanks Heather and Steve. Both options worked great! -- edwardpestian ------------------------------------------------------------------------ edwardpestian's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=33809 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=555043 |
Greeting Function
You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback, Steve -- SteveG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SteveG's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=7571 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=555043 |
Greeting Function
One thing to remember, unless I am mistaken the time from the NOW function
will only be updated in a cell when a recalculation is done. Will this affect the formulas that a NOW is part of? (As in if you just use a NOW formula it will list a time and date, that time and date will remain as is unless you recalc to match with time passing on your clock.) "edwardpestian" wrote: I have the following function. I'm trying to say that if it is before 12:00 pm, say "Good Morning," if after 12:00 pm but before 6:00 pm say "Good Afternoon," and otherwise say "Good Evening". The function however, is not working properly. Any ideas? =IF(NOW()<TODAY()+HOUR(0.5),"Good Morning"&" "&"Today is"&" "&TEXT(TODAY(),"mmmm dd, yyyy"),IF(NOW()<TODAY()+HOUR(0.75),"Good Afternoon"&" "&"Today is"&" "&TEXT(TODAY(),"mmmm dd, yyyy"),"Good Evening"&" "&"Today is"&" "&TEXT(TODAY(),"mmmm dd, yyyy"))) Any ideas? Thanks. ep -- edwardpestian ------------------------------------------------------------------------ edwardpestian's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=33809 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=555043 |
Greeting Function
Yes, that is correct. TODAY() and NOW() functions are volatile. They will update when any formula in the entire workbook recalculates regardless of cell references, or when the workbook is opened or saved. However, they remain static until excel calculates. ep -- edwardpestian ------------------------------------------------------------------------ edwardpestian's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=33809 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=555043 |
Greeting Function
even simpler:
A1 = =NOW() ="Good "&IF(MOD(A1,1)<0.5,"Morning",IF(MOD(A1,1)<0.75,"Af ternoon","Evening")) Biff "Heather Heritage" wrote in message ... surely =if(now()-int(now())<.5,"Good Morning",if(now()-int(now())<.75,"Good Afternoon","Good Evening")) is simpler?! "SteveG" wrote in message ... edward, I typed in my cut off times in A1:A3 (12:00:00 AM, 12:00:00 PM, 6:00:00 PM respectively). =IF(AND(TIMEVALUE(TEXT(NOW(),"hh:mm:ss"))=A1,TIME VALUE(TEXT(NOW(),"hh:mm:ss "))<A2),"Good Morning",IF(AND(TIMEVALUE(TEXT(NOW(),"hh:mm:ss")) =A2,TIMEVALUE(TEXT(NOW()," hh:mm:ss"))<A3),"Good Afternoon","Good Evening")) HTH Steve -- SteveG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SteveG's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=7571 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=555043 |
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