Create Static Timestamp of Start / End Dates in Excel

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If you're doing some project management and don't have a large budget, you'll probably end up using MS Excel as a poor man's project management tool. One concept in most project management timelines is the concept of estimated dates and actual dates. Usually you'd input the dates manually for these dates, but it would be nice to have the actual date entered "auto-magically" based on the value changes of another cell (i.e., when a percent complete is entered). But you don't want the actual dates to change after the initial value is triggered in that cell.

This video covers a workaround using iterative calculations and sort of breaks a rule in spreadsheet design where you don't want circular references. In this case, we'll have to change the spreadsheet setting to allow for it. See the video to learn how to do this.

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Looking for a static date & time that will enter itself automatically once and stays there forever. This is great and exactly what i've been looking for! I thought the =Today( function will update itself everytime we open the workbook. Since it is set to only use =Today( function when the date is still blank and use whatever date it contains if it contains a date already. That is seriously brilliant! Never know that we can turn on formula iteration in excel. Great job!

zulkiflizakaria
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What is the formula if you want to have a timestamp when you select "Done" in dropdown list? Thanks

jomslacson
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But would the date change if I opened the document on a different day? Since it uses the today function

nonymousxy
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What a neat trick. With the new LAMBDA function and it’s helpers this should be easier

patrickschardt