Insert the date an Excel Workbook was last modified.

Anonymous
2010-11-17T00:13:29+00:00

Is there a way to insert, into a cell, the date that a workbook was last modified?

Perhaps by getting the modified date from the file's properties into a cell.

Thanks in advance.

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Anonymous
2010-11-17T00:29:39+00:00

Hi,

To modify a workbook you have to save it so we can use the before_save event

ALY+F11 to open vb editor. Double click 'ThisWorkbook' and paste this code in on the right. Change the sheet and range to suit

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)

Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value = Now

End Sub

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-11-17T01:22:47+00:00

    Another way would be to use a WorksheetChangeEvent macro to cause a DateTimeCode to be written to a hidden sheet to log a change to each sheet individually........knowing only if the workbook was changed is one thing, knowing which sheet was changed in even better.

    hth

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    Chuck, CABGx3

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-18T17:30:34+00:00

    Inserting the date a file was last saved is a pretty common need for a project team that's using the same document. I think it's not very user friendly to require programming ability to insert the date a file was last saved. I'm using Excel 2010 and see that there's a button to insert "date" on the footer. I'm not sure what "date" it's referring to but hope it's the save date.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-01-24T13:33:48+00:00

    MicheleR-

    Nope, it is the "Current Date", not the File Saved/Modified Date (a function that exists in MS Word).

    I really miss that capability.  I put it on all of my Word documents, in the Footer.  That way, when I look at a printout, I can compare the date on the printout with the saved/modified date on the file -- and then I KNOW that I am looking at a printout of the current saved file and not an older printout.

    This is a sorely needed function in Excel that has existed in Word for years and years.  I don't understand why MS can't put the same Insert Function capability into Excel.

    As far as I know, the only way to get the saved date is via some non-simple vba macro that must be inserted into your worksheet -- and I don't have the time or inclination to learn vba and figure out what is going on.  I really hate blindly doing things that I do not understand.

    Ron in Round Rock

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