Countdown to Launch Days

John Littler

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.

Paul Newcome

Try something along the lines of...

=DATE(2021, 10, 01) - TODAY()

Paul Newcome

Try something along the lines of...

=DATE(2021, 10, 01) - TODAY()

John Littler

Beauty, worked like a charm...thanks for the help!

Paul Newcome

Happy to help. 👍️

Brandon Pinsky

@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.

John Littler

@Brandon Pinsky you are correct, my source data sheet needs to be open or dashboard refreshed to update.

Andrée Starå

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: 

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/74527/daily-update-solution-without-the-need-to-open-the-sheet-use-zapier-or-similar

Would that help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Paul Newcome

@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.

Caravan

Hi,

How can I make this formular to caculdate working days.

=DATE(2021, 10, 01) - TODAY()

Thanks

Caravan

I'd figured this out. Thanks