How To Timestamp Cells In Google Sheets

How To Timestamp Cells In Google Sheets
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In this video, I will show you the easiest way to timestamp a cell in google sheets. It took me a while to figure out this one but it is rather simple and only a couple of letters and numbers in a function.
This function will not only timestamp the date of a cell but is also can timestamp the time down to the second! This can be very helpful if you are looking to keep track of stocks you are buying and selling, leads you are following up on, or entries being made.
There are plenty of other videos out there that will get into advanced coding to timestamp a cell but it doesn't need to be that hard! Hope you enjoy the video and learn something from it, and make sure to smash that like button, subscribe to my channel and hit that share button so more people can learn about this neat little function!
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[@BarthiArgento]

Thanks a lot! In german google sheets, I had to replace all the commas with semicolon, then it worked: =IFS(B2="";"";A2="";now();TRUE;A2)

[@philippposchmann8993]

Wow danke, ich hab locker ne Stunde rumprobiert. :D

[@arturoli]

Same in spanish

[@thyrosetabra8182]

Thanks a TON! I've been looking around for formula in making live timestamp and this one is so far the best and straightforward one I got!

[@DKGifford19608]

Helpful - thank you. Starts at 3:20

[@TheGlitterMan]

After trial and error I finally figure it out. Thank you for releasing the video.

[@cvMouse]

Unfortunately every time you reopen the document it recalculates the formula there for the date changes.

[@nickjito]

Did you ever resolve this issue?

[@CapeFearRiverLife]

Running into this same problem. How to fix?

[@ljwhitmire200]

I found this: =IF(OR(B43"",C43""), lambda(x,x)(now()), ""). I don't know why it works, but adding the lambda(x,x) makes just the value part of the cell and not the formula. I do use this for tracking paper trades in stocks and it infuriated me every time the cells would reset!

[@joyulanimo-garcia1517]

Wonderful video, very helpful ...must watch till the end for it to make sense.

[@shaneechambers6165]

THANK YOU! This video is so straightforward. Much more helpful than other videos

[@bricestillman6377]

Thank you! Much easier to understand than the other videos on KZbin.

[@Longliveicecream]

Thank you! Was watching another video and it was putting a script into excel but this was so much more simple thanks 🙏

[@neodaletakumi3547]

Still helpful in 2024!! You are a legend!! Thanks mate!!

[@lesliestanford7617]

I had watched many videos using script editor, entering formulas and THIS one made it supper easy and simple!! Thank you

[@ismaelnatera1323]

Thank you so much I have been looking for this all morning on youtube !

[@ThePatrickFamilyBand]

You're my hero dude. Thank you for making this cut and dry tutorial for time stamps.

[@grigri62officiel60]

Hi ! I watched the video, and it's perfect, it helped me a lot, but I got a problem. When I refresh the internet page, it automaticaly update the time and date, like if it was 0:21 and I refresh at 0:33, it will change the 0:21 for 0:33, how could I change that ?

[@casino3824]

It works and is not complicated. Thank you

[@romanbrodsky5702]

seems to mainly work if the cells are formatted for date! helpful tip!!!

[@marianafermin2562]

Thank you so much for this. It is exactly what I needed. 😊

[@steveroger2847]

Hey, how can we do it if any of two or more columns have a value? Suppose, besides "Stock", there's another column "Mutual Funds", so if any of the "Stocks" or "Mutual Funds" column have a value, or both have values, we'll get the timestamp. (EDIT) Made it : [=ifs(and(b2="",c2=""),"",A2="",now(),true,A2)]

[@nickjito]

Thankyou for sharing @steve!

[@elielberra2867]

Finally a good explanation thank you so much!

[@thethinkbot5637]

You really helped me out brother

[@andrewgreen7234]

Thank you! I needed it for my simple expense register spreadsheet. Perfect!

[@debbrower3592]

Thanks so very much!!! An easy answer to my problem!!

[@davidblyth5495]

Thanks for a clear explanation!

[@MrRSK48]

Thanks for saving my time.

[@stjohns0]

Just what I was looking for! Works great - THANKS!!!!

[@adhisatz3398]

This is truly helpful sir, ive been craving this formula for sooo long

[@allhailtheallmighty]

wont the price change each day when we reopen the sheet or is the price locked in from the moment the ticker was entered??

[@TahaYeşildağ-e4r]

Thank you! It's very helpful

[@alwaleedalabbas1249]

Thank you! That was really helpful

[@karinemartineau6819]

This solution rocks! Thx for sharing!!

[@arvinpaunil7265]

thank you! This saves my life

[@DanCisuaka]

Wow this so nice

[@tobiasdelabarra6086]

Thank you! I wish I had done this from the beginning.. I have a lot of cells without dates :P

[@AingTeaChannel]

Dude, thank you!

[@jazzcherylyn]

this tutorial does what it says. thanks!

[@rodolfolacerdaeduardo7900]

Excelent!! Thank you so much!

[@NeoMennon]

Thank you, this video is great! However I ran into some little problem, when I have multiple lines of records, if I change the content of one of the stock name, some of the date (mine is including hour and minutes) will automatically change as well. Is there any way to make the time stamp unchangeable once it got the time?

[@generector8583]

Extremely valuable formula: =Value(Hour(now()+time(2,0,0)))+value(minute(now()))/60 now() time zone adjusted, minutes as %

[@joeneilpalis9]

Works Perfect!! Thank you, sensei!

[@AllAboutWallpapers]

Thank you! It really works.

[@4u2nv247yt]

GREAT WORK

[@arturoli]

Thanks a lot, very useful.

[@nonononoooll5515]

i was looking for this for on month thanks you

[@x86ed]

Yo thanks so much got everything working but there’s a small problem, when I switch to date/time the time shows up as 0:00:00, any way to fix that?

[@ayommanunggal848]

ive got the same error, have you found any solution?

[@x86ed]

@@ayommanunggal848 for me personally it had to do with a setting in excel not available on IOS. I’m not sure if you have IOS also, but I had to get on windows and open excel, adjust the setting then save it and open it on IOS. It’s been months so I can’t remember what that setting was I believe it was in format somewhere?

[@allanodero1658]

Thank you HACKED it>>>

[@arabicmath]

This is helpful, thank you !

[@kockoklosharcheto]

Thanks so much!!!

[@IZANAMI_VALORANT]

Love this one, thank you so much mate

[@tonytenace6451]

This was very good. I was looking and using macro scripts. what a pain

[@TotalAssetMaintenance]

Thanks so much for this. You earnt a subscriber

[@Montesmike15]

Is there anyway to write the code where when we enter something on ejther Cell B and C Cells A will automatically timestamp instead of just typing on line B?

[@GurpreetSingh-hy4vx]

Thank you very much 👍🏻

[@mfatihd88]

thank you

[@dominicpangilinan3489]

thanks for this bro, really helpful

[@mansourgaye5298]

Simple, easy and Great!!! Thank you

[@nikhilrastogi7599]

Thank you for sharing .. its really helpful

[@Thisisucup]

THANK YOU HOPE UT CHANNEL GROWFAST !!!

[@andiwibowo08]

Thanks a lot

[@TheNewYou2022]

Thanks man, it works

[@CaribouDataScience]

The odd thing is it uses the date and time of the server that it is running on and. Not my PC date and time.

[@KashSheikh786]

Hey this worked thanks, however i'm having info automatically populate into my google sheets through Zapier and the timestamps don't work here, it seems only when you are manually inputting into the cells they work. Do you know a workaround for this?

[@anippere]

Any idea on how to stop the date changing every time the sheet is closed and then opened again.

[@abdughali2687]

Thanks 🎉

[@ruspaul6563]

thank you , works well !!

[@АлександрФоменко-з7ш]

Thank you!

[@maxiromero789]

Thanks a lot! Im trying to get fundamental data (IS, BS, cash flow) into google sheets. Do you have a video explaning how to do this??

[@TraeFury]

It works great if I edit the sheet, But I have a set of sheets where I put people to contact and then delegate to my team members. When they edit the cell, it doesn't update the timestamp in the field I selected.

[@anatolemisquita2580]

That's very nice. I know you're probably going to think that I am the worst person on earth but what if you wanted the date stamp to appear every time you made a change in the entire row [not just in one cell] ❓

[@Allen-L-Canada]

Thanks, what if I want the timestamp to show the last modified date and time, without having to delete the data first? Just override the data, then the timestamp is updated.

[@gregmuzzi1772]

I got this IFS formula to work like I want, but sometime throughout the day some of the times read 12:00AM instead of the original time. What is going on?

[@rayg7978]

How can I make a PDT tracker? I want have a way to track how many trades I have left.

[@ir9ir9]

Very Simple, thank you Sir

[@ir9ir9]

Plz make a video on ROI along with timestamp next cell/column

[@alemobetlive]

Noticed that time stamp seconds change by 1 when you save and open for the first time after a new time stamp. Any reason why?

[@Beautymovesindia]

sir , as now() is a formula , what will be happened next day. because it is not a value , i think date will be changed. is not ? please tell

[@coachjohn1951]

It only does the now() if the cell is empty. So it only loads the timestamp once.

[@maurya909]

Thanku Sir, for this.....

[@HayleyJeffs-wy3tr]

The shortcut is not working for me and it is driving me insane. I have tried changing the spreadsheet settings, the keyboard input settings, and more to make it do it, but it just refuses. I don't see anything online for troubleshooting this problem.

[@n.a114]

Sorry but this won't work because NOW function updates

[@nickjito]

Yes, He is right. Any way to fix this?

[@ayommanunggal848]

Please help, i was set the formula same as the tutorial, but ive got the value is 0, nothing happened, although ive setting the calculation too.. whats wrong?

[@mohakgupta6309]

5 ⭐ Thanks Could you please provide last modified in next column also keep freeze first date & time

[@Lordblanca]

Wow.. what would be the script if column 1 is green output would be timestamp to cell thanks

[@art.7577]

This is so cool! THX!

[@ahmedoudai]

Good luck 👍

[@brcleaningcompany2566]

Hey this is awesome,, how do you get Ticker prices into sheets?

[@shriramannasgurukulam5253]

can u help with how to add time instead of date?

[@matildelaebo7274]

Can you do this with a matrix. If yes, how to?

[@joeulrich2327]

It works but when I close the sheet and open it up the next day that setting doesnt save amd it all errors out. When I put the interval back to 1 then the errors dont change back to the time it was initially changed... any idea how to fix

[@AmitKumarDME]

how every i am trying but getting "Range" not defined please guide

[@247weed_com5]

good job bro!

[@mamlatdar1girsomnath902]

I want data change date-time (Column A) automatically when Column B Value is changed, What should I do?

[@rubenstones8684]

Ok so my timestamp shows up, but now my formula that counts days from my date stopped working [=datedif(A2,Today(),"d")]. How can i get the datedif function to work with this timestamp formula? Originally i had to enter the date manually and the datedif had no problem calculating days from that, but it does not calculate the days when i introduce the timestamp formula. is there a way to get them both working so that when i write on my cell it triggers both formulas? hope that makes sense.

[@Dawggo]

thanks

[@yookeecortez9381]

Does it able to have time stamp if the editors is not the owner of spreadsheet?

[@kevinjackson8422]

I was able to use this quite successfully when entering "new" data, but I notice that I got the date: 12/30/1899 when applied to cells that already had data in them. Any suggestions? Thx.

[@TheNewYou2022]

you can just select the entire cell that containes your previous data, then Hit copy after that u wan to delete all the data in that cell and paste that data again :) Problem should be solved

[@grantbullimore]

You legend, you fixed my issue lol

[@taoufikeddahraoui8181]

Won't the date change every day?

[@Nova.369]

how do i update the price too?

[@sunderjangraharsvikawoods2259]

if we use this iterative setting , then sheet response time is very very low

[@constyparthur581]

Hello, Thanks for the video which helped me to resolve the automatic timestamps issue; I will need your help if possible on this problem in my sheet… I’ve an issue returning a specific value if two condition (amount>=500 & edate

[@melikyansamvel]

Yeah helpful

[@ToddHudsonAtl]

Great video. I too needed this for futures trading so I could see if the time of day impacted the success of trades. Thanks!

[@RakeshSingh-yd7xo]

Can I use this thing by the script because I already used this formula for almost 2 years but earlier we found a bug date (timestamp) that is automatically changed every time whenever I open the sheet. For solution of this problem I am currently using a script "onedit()" but in this script i am not able to set key value to run this trigger. When I use formula I user If A2="done" then lock the time stamp if A2 ="" then put this cell as null. Please help me.