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    IF Statement Formulas with TODAY() and times

    Hi All,

    I have a bunch of formulas which use IF statements and conditions involving dates which work great.

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    I discovered a slight issue whereby column A contains date and time in the following format ddmmyyyy hh:mm:ss

    Lets imagine A2 = 16/03/2022 12:05:10 and we are running the formula now (16/03/2022 22:18), the formula still returns "Valid" when in fact it should return "Expired" due to the time.

    It seems that the TODAY() function doesn't take into account the time attached to the date?

    How can I overcome this?

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    Re: IF Statement Formulas with TODAY() and times

    Maybe you need to use NOW() instead of TODAY().

    Or use INT(A2)
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    Re: IF Statement Formulas with TODAY() and times

    Excel dates are stored as real numbers, where the decimal portion indicates the time of day.

    TODAY() returns an integer that represents today's date. It does not take time into account.

    If today is March 16, and you have a cell that shows 16/03/2022 12:05:10, that is >TODAY() and will result in "Valid".

    If you care about the time, not just the date, then use NOW() instead of TODAY(). That includes the current time.
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    Re: IF Statement Formulas with TODAY() and times

    Thank you for your prompt reply gents.

    NOW() seems to work so far. I need to apply it to my data and review to ensure there are no other suprises.

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