Today

Updated: 11/12/2023 by Computer Hope

Today may refer to any of the following:

Illustrated clock and calendar.

1. In general, today is the present day.

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See our Today in Computer History page for a list of computer-related events that happened on this day throughout the years.

2. In Microsoft Excel and spreadsheets, TODAY is a function that prints the current date in the cell containing the formula. The value changes when you open a spreadsheet to reflect the current date and time. To enter a date that doesn't change, press Ctrl+; (semicolon) to enter the date.

=TODAY()
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See the following link for further examples and information about this function.

Calendar, Cell, Date, Formula, Spreadsheet terms, WOTD