Countdown to Launch Days
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If today is Jan. 28th and I have a launch date of a project of say Oct. 1st, what formula would I use to countdown the days to Oct. 1 for a dashboard widget? So 246 days, then 245 tomorrow and so on.
Best Answer
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Try something along the lines of...
=DATE(2021, 10, 01) - TODAY()
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Try something along the lines of...
=DATE(2021, 10, 01) - TODAY()
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Beauty, worked like a charm...thanks for the help!
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Happy to help. 👍️
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@John Littler is this formula actually updating the widget on your dashboard each day? I read in another post that when using this for a dashboard, it doesn't actually update unless someone opens the source data sheet. Thanks.
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@Brandon Pinsky you are correct, my source data sheet needs to be open or dashboard refreshed to update.
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Hi @Brandon Pinsky & @John Littler
Please have a look at my post below with a method I developed to update the sheet(s) daily (without opening them).
More info:
Would that help?
I hope that helps!
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@Andrée Starå I use a similar setup with 24 rows so that it updates every hour. I only have a few different use cases for it, but at least it is available in addition to daily.
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Hi,
How can I make this formular to caculdate working days.
=DATE(2021, 10, 01) - TODAY()
Thanks
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I'd figured this out. Thanks
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