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    get todays date in a cell and leave it as today's date?

    Today() gives me today's date in a cell but I want the cell to remain at that date tomorrow.
    How can I do that?

    It's like a replacement for the user having to enter the date :-)

    Any ideas?
    Thanks!
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    Re: get todays date in a cell and leave it as today's date?

    While holding down the control key, select the semi-colon key

    CTL + ; will give you today's date hard coded.
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    Re: get todays date in a cell and leave it as today's date?

    Put =TODAY() in a cell of your choice and name it something appropriate. In the cell you want the user to enter today's date use a data validation list with the named range as the source. They can then select from the dropdown box rather than enter the date and it's a value so it won't change tomorrow.

    Alternatively put =TODAY() in the cell you want for today's date and write some VBA code to paste the value into that cell on exit.
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