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  40 <topic id="textscalc01func_nowxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  41 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">NOW</title>
  42 <filename>/text/scalc/01/func_now.xhp</filename>
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  45 <body>
  46 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150521"><bookmark_value>NOW function</bookmark_value>
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  48 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_FUNC_JETZT" id="bm_id3150532" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150521" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="47"><variable id="now"><link href="text/scalc/01/func_now.xhp">NOW</link>
  49 </variable></paragraph>
  50 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148829" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_JETZT">Returns the computer system date and time.</ahelp> The value is updated when you recalculate the document or each time a cell value is modified.</paragraph>
  51 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146988" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="49">Syntax</paragraph>
  52 <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">NOW()</paragraph>
  53 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4598529" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">NOW is a function without arguments.</paragraph>
  54 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154205" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="51">Example</paragraph>
  55 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150774" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">
  56 <item type="input">=NOW()-A1</item> returns the difference between the date in A1 and now. Format the result as a number.</paragraph>
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