Google Sheets - Add Timestamp When Cell Changes - Apps Script

Learn how to create a script to add a timestamp when cell is updated in Google Sheets.

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I had an issue as many have with the ranged error. Two things - an error will be returned if you run the code from the editor OR debugger. The reason for this is the conditions of the fields are not being met on the spreadsheet side and this is normal. The other thing is recheck ALL OF YOUR SYNTAX. I chased this problem for far longer than I should have and found I had typed a "v" where a "u" should have gone in value - was too easy to miss but it looked right at a glance. Once this correction was made the code started to function correctly. Another great video by this youtuber!

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Awesome. Not only learned to timestamp but scripting in Google Sheets. Thanks!

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This is quite amazing! I found a different way of doing it, it is simple, but works for me. I created a "form" with google forms..... as a question you can ask: what is the package id? and let the response be text (the id)... once the answer is submitted you can ask google forms to send the results to a google spreadsheet..... the time stamp is a default column.

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[@dannybans23]

Thank you so much, brother! This is exactly the solution I was looking for! I was experimenting with circular reference formulas, but the date would update the following day after inputting content into adjacent cells. So I needed a different solution. I thought of using some sort of script and just searched KZbin. Thank goodness I found your video! You saved me so much time! Well done, great work! - Greeting from Toronto, Canada!

[@ExcelGoogleSheets]

Glad it helped!

[@soamyaashishgetengaged7881]

@@ExcelGoogleSheets This only works when the owner of the sheet makes any change but if anyone enter any value then the timestamp doesnot appear. I want to create the same when anyone can enter the value

[@subhamdey1922]

@@ExcelGoogleSheets Can you help me with the script code?

[@ali399]

@@subhamdey1922 Code.gs function onEdit(e) { addTimestamp (e); } function addTimestamp (e){ //variables I 7 R 7/16:38 Fix Date Delay > var startRow 2; = var targetColumn = 1; var ws = "My Data"; //get modified row and column var row = e. .range.getRow(); var col = e.range.getColumn(); if (col === targetColumn && row >= startRow && e.source.getActiveSheet().getName() WS var currentDate = new Date(); e.source.getActiveSheet().getRange (row, 4).setValue(currentDate); if (e.source.getActiveSheet().getRange (row, 3).getValue() ""){ e.source.getActiveSheet().getRange (row, 3).setValue(currentDate); } // END IF check if date created exists } // END IF check column, row, worksheet

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great tutorial, easy to understand! I tried it myself and it works!

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Works perfectly for me! Very well explained!! Thank you

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[@guyw6849]

There have been a few questions on how to run the same script on more than one sheet, but not all of them. Through simple copy and paste, I quickly created multiple scripts, one for each sheet I wanted the script to run on, giving each a unique name (e.g., Script1, Script2, Script3. - I gave mine the name of the sheet they corresponded to). Note, you can only have one script named "onEdit." You will want to reserve the onEdit name for the short "master script" that will run the rest. After creating each new script, copy and paste the same code into each. Then, change the script name on the first line of code (right after "function" and before "(e)" to match the name of the new script. Then, change the sheet reference in the code located right after "getName() ===" to match the name of the sheet that script should run on. Finally, go back to your original onEdit script and delete all of the code and paste the following new code, making the onEdit script the "master script" to run the rest of them (of course, modify the script names to match your script names, adding however many scripts you have): function onEdit(e) { script1(e); script2(e); script3(e); } Remember to save the scripts. While on the onEdit master script, click "Run." The sheet-specific scripts will execute in the order they appear in your onEdit master script. I have no coding skills. But after some research, this approach worked for me.

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You might want to check this guy's vid at 3:30 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGW5YXmQdrh-bJI He talks about the "OR" statement and how you can use it This will make your code a lot shorter and quicker to execute. I also got no coding knowledge but trust me it's easy EDIT: It's not very easy tho For it to work properly my if statement had to be: if(col === targetColumn && row >= startRow && e.source.getActiveSheet().getName() === ws ||col === targetColumn && row >= startRow && e.source.getActiveSheet().getName() === bs){ bs stands for bullsh!t as well as var bs = Sheet 2 I had to repeat almost the entire statement inside IF() So in theory you could expand this row infinitely for as many sheets as you want In the end it works, even though it's not as compact as I'd like

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[@fauzanwidianto1365]

Great tutorial, I have a very little experience with programming language, but you really made it for me. I do still have one question related to this timestamp method. I realized that this method only works with cell edited manually, so for example I paste 3 rows of data, it would only update timestamp for the first cell only, the second and third one wouldn't be updated. Could you please help me with this one ? Really appreciate your woks man!

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[@Corigador]

Great instructions! Thanks. Is there a way to make the timestamp trigger when you paste several rows of data into the target column? Currently it only adds the timestamp to the top line where the start of the list was pasted.

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Great video! Really thorough. Is there a way to do this same type of thing but instead of a timestamp its a user-stamp based on the email of who edited the document?

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muchas gracias, ya tenía un modelo de script en GAS, para hacer funcionar registros de modificación, me andaban bien, hasta que la hoja tuvo que albergar a varios agentes haciendo modificaciones, espero que ahora con esta forma de registro, pueda funciona, probaré ahora mismo en mi hoja, muchas gracias por ayudarme a simplificar !!!

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