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    Automatically populate today's date

    Hey Guys,

    Not sure if this is possible or not:

    Say we're working with 2 cells, A1 and B1, both initially blank.

    If there an equation that would allow A1 to populate with today's date once B1 is populated with something?

    The TODAY() function wouldn't work because then the date would change each day. I'd want it to stay static.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!

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    Re: Automatically populate today's date

    You'll need a little bit of VBA.

    Right click the worksheet tab, and click "View Code"

    In the module which appears, enter the following:
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    Re: Automatically populate today's date

    Awesome thanks!

    What if I wanted it to work for any row?

    aka, if I fill in B1 I get a date in A1; fill in B2 get a date in A2; etc.

    I tried changing the range in the code, but then it populated every cell in column A in that range when I just populated B1.

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    Re: Automatically populate today's date

    Looks like a simple loop worked!

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    Thanks again Olly

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    Re: Automatically populate today's date

    In that case, change the code to:
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    Re: Automatically populate today's date

    Just noticed your loop - that will be very slow! Try the amendment I just posted

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    Re: Automatically populate today's date

    Even better!!

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