Excel for Office 365 Excel 2019 Excel 2016 Excel 2013 Excel 2010 Excel 2007 A Julian date is sometimes used to refer to a date format that is a combination of the current year and the number of days since the beginning of the year. For example, January 1, 2007 is represented as 2007001 and December 31, 2007 is represented as 2007365. Note that this format is not based on the Julian calendar. There is also a Julian date commonly used in astronomy, which is a serial date system starting on January 1, 4713 B.C.E. The following procedures require cutting and pasting an example. This is how: How to copy an example • Create a blank workbook or worksheet. • Select the example in the Help topic.
Note: Do not select the row or column headers. Selecting an example from Help • Press CTRL+C. • In the worksheet, select cell A1, and press CTRL+V. • To switch between viewing the results and viewing the formulas that return the results, press CTRL+` (grave accent), or on the Formulas tab, in the Formula Auditing group, click the Show Formulas button.
Enter today as a Julian date To do this task, use the,, and functions. Example The example may be easier to understand if you copy it to a blank worksheet. 1 2 3 A B Formula Description (Result) =TEXT(TODAY(),'yy')&TEXT((TODAY() -DATEVALUE('1/1/'&TEXT(TODAY(),'yy'))+1),'000') Current day in Julian format, with a two-digit year (Varies) =TEXT(TODAY(),'yyyy')&TEXT((TODAY() -DATEVALUE('1/1/'&TEXT(TODAY(),'yy'))+1),'000') Current day in Julian format, with a four-digit year (Varies). Notes: • The current date used is taken from the computer's system clock. • In the formulas above, the year begins on January 1 (1/1). To convert the formulas to use a different starting date, edit the portion '1/1/' to the date that you want.
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