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Automatically update cell in Excel with current timestamp when another cell is changed

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In an Excel spreadsheet, I'd like to automatically update a cell with the current date and time when another cell is changed (like an update timestamp). There is a timestamp for each row. I'd like to update them as soon as one of the preceding cells in the row is updated. Do you have any pointers o…

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Create a cell with the value Now(). Format it how you want - like yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss for a full timestamp in 24 hour time. Now, as long as auto-recalculate (the default) is set, any time another cell is changed, you'll get a fresh timestamp. Upon f…

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