{"id":971,"date":"2019-04-25T15:41:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T12:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/?p=971"},"modified":"2019-04-25T15:53:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T12:53:11","slug":"the-today-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/the-today-function\/","title":{"rendered":"The TODAY Function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It returns the serial number of the current date. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The syntax of the function is the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> <strong>TODAY<\/strong><em>(<\/em>) <\/p><cite><strong>  <\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click on the button to practice using this function, with the help of our <strong>Online Assessment Tool<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"button-practice-container\" ><a class=\"button button-primary button-practice\" style=\"height:auto\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/wp-content\/plugins\/unlimited-integration\/run.php?id=MlpTNGJvL1hTbGpmZU9rK2tvZjZGZEY5Z2cvWVJISENITTZ1VjJKZ3MxYXJ2WDN0dU15R3U3Wm9RMnNLcnJKNw==&b=ZTZEaVdEYTNxOVFpcFdYTkUyTytFa0cvRHBBMGplenk1djhKdTdPUXowdHhSbU5wemx1QkdFbWNDd1VYVVcwNVh0MFJheGhnSUtqNzlRVmxlZDVMa0JNQU9mSlljM3dpbmpDVCtMQzIrd1E9\">Practice<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Here are two examples of how to use the TODAY function:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Insert your birthday date in the cell A1. Insert a function in the cell A2 that always displays the current date. Insert a function in the cell A3 that displays the number of the days you have lived. Format the cell A3 in Number category with a thousand separator and without decimals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Use the TODAY function to calculate the number of days that have passed since your birth\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yLwB8bbRHrw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enter a function in the cell A1 to display the current date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Use the TODAY function to display the current date (Excel 2016)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Urs0Z5CKjr0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It returns the serial number of the current date. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[133,135],"class_list":["post-971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-functions","tag-date-time","tag-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}