Manuals/calci/NOW

NOW()

NOW() displays the serial number of current date and time.

Description

NOW()

• Dates are stored in the form of sequential numbers so that they can be used in calculations. e.g. January 1, 1900 is stored as serial number 1 and so on.
• Numbers to the left of decimal point represent serial number of current date.
• Numbers to the right of decimal point represent serial number of current time.
• This function does not have any arguments.
• TODAY() function can be used to display the serial number of today's date only.

Examples

Function	Output
NOW()	41722.70444444445

See Also

• DATE
• TIME
• TODAY

References

• Date Formats