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I've been struggling with the calculated column in SharePoint.

I would like to have a column in which the date is calculated from the values in two other columns. I have one column named "Status", a second column called "Requested Date" and a third column called "Lift Date".

If status is listed as "As Needed" or "Daily" I would like the Lift Date to show today's date, if the status shows "Not Started" then I would like Lift Date to show the Requested Date.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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You can also use Today() or Now() Above function also gives todays date

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EDIT:

Try this:

=IF([STATUS]="Not Started", [Lift Date], [TodaysDate])

Today isn't allowed in calculated columns, but there are ways to work around that:

Create a "TodaysDate" column and run a daily SharePoint workflow that sets today's date and pauses for a day. Then you can reference that column for any calculated columns that you may have.

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  • Thank you! This is so much easier and it appears to be working properly. I might have been overthinking how to go about the formula...
    – Briony
    Commented Nov 13, 2014 at 17:53
  • @Mike where is the value of [Today] configured? Is it the regional settings we have in site administration or the settings we have in web application in central admin?
    – Vignesh Subramanian
    Commented Jan 20, 2016 at 8:58
  • That is based on your regional settings in central administration
    – Mike
    Commented Jan 20, 2016 at 13:45
  • @Mike Mike Mike - did you read that blog post (mine actually) that you quoted from? You've misquoted it and its actually explaining why those techniques DONT work. For avoidance of doubt - this DOES NOT AND HAS NEVER WORKED.
    – Ryan
    Commented Feb 18, 2016 at 20:16
  • Thanks Ryan, this was an older workaround in WSS, but was trying to get some reference for it. Guess we will have to use other means.
    – Mike
    Commented Feb 18, 2016 at 23:33

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