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Current day to display as Year, Month, Day?

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    Current day to display as Year, Month, Day?

    I know the Formula is =Now() But how do I get it to show in this format? Year,Month,Day? I am using it to save the file with the date in the file name based on a cell value.

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    Re: Current day to display as Year, Month, Day?

    do you want it separate or single cell?

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    Re: Current day to display as Year, Month, Day?

    =NOW() includes the tim e as well. Maybe use =TODAY() instead
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    Re: Current day to display as Year, Month, Day?

    In a single cell, but as; YYYY-MM-DD

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    Re: Current day to display as Year, Month, Day?

    Did you try the suggestion from post #2?

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    Re: Current day to display as Year, Month, Day?

    Just format cell where your formula is as Custom, and type in YYYY-MM-DD
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    Re: Current day to display as Year, Month, Day?

    AlKey, not sure that will work if they want to use the date in a file name. Got a feeling they will just end up with a 5-digit number

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    Re: Current day to display as Year, Month, Day?

    Ok. I will give that a try.

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    Re: Current day to display as Year, Month, Day?

    Quote Originally Posted by FDibbins View Post
    AlKey, not sure that will work if they want to use the date in a file name. Got a feeling they will just end up with a 5-digit number
    LOL! Maybe I should've read the entire thread

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    Re: Current day to display as Year, Month, Day?

    Nope it worked. Thanks so much everyone!

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    Re: Current day to display as Year, Month, Day?

    Thank you for the feedback!

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