Last week's Thursday in formula

[waldymar]

Dear All,

can anyone suggest a dynamic formula which will show a date of last week's Thursday?
Thanks in advance!

 

[Biz]

Try formula below

=NOW()-WEEKDAY(NOW()-5)

Use cell formatting as ddd dd/mm/yy

Biz

 

[waldymar]

Try formula below

=NOW()-WEEKDAY(NOW()-5)

Use cell formatting as ddd dd/mm/yy

Biz

Thanks, but it gives date together with time. How to have only date?

 

[Biz]

Try Formatting cells as
Custom
dd/mm/yy

As I am not in USA.

Biz

 

[ganeshpoojary05]

hi,

you can change the format of the cell by doing custom formatting and then select the date format.

 

[waldymar]

That's right, thank you, guys! Can you quickly explain me the formula?

=now()-weekday(now()-5)

Appreciate!

 

[GTO]

Biz's looks better. I wasn't sure what you meant by last week, but here's what I came up with...

Excel Workbook
	G
13	Thu 08/18/2011
Sheet1

 

[Biz]

Biz's looks better. I wasn't sure what you meant by last week, but here's what I came up with...
Sheet1


<TABLE style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; PADDING-LEFT: 2pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 2pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 30px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><COL style="WIDTH: 101px"></COLGROUP><TBODY><TR style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><TD></TD><TD>G</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">13</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">Thu 08/18/2011</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


<TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: groove; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #00ff00; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: groove; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffcf9; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: groove; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: groove; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #00ff00"><TBODY><TR><TD>Spreadsheet Formulas</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt" border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2><TBODY><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><TD>Cell</TD><TD>Formula</TD></TR><TR><TD>G13</TD><TD>=IF(WEEKDAY(TODAY(),2)>=4,TODAY()-(7+(WEEKDAY(TODAY(),2)-4)),B7-(7-(4-WEEKDAY(TODAY(),2))))</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


Hi GTO

What's cell B7? Today's date or any date.

Biz

 

[GTO]

ACK! and Double ACK!

Sorry, substitute TODAY() for B7. I was using cell values/dates rather than TODAY() and changing the calendar when checking.

 

[Biz]

That's right, thank you, guys! Can you quickly explain me the formula?

=now()-weekday(now()-5)

Appreciate!

Now() gives todays date.

Weekday( serial_number, return_value )

serial_number is a date expressed as a serial number or a date in quotation marks.
return_value is optional. It is the option used to display the result. It can be any of the following values:

<TABLE class=parm_values border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width=348><TBODY><TR class=th_left_top><TH>Value</TH><TH>Explanation</B></TH></TR><TR class=tr_left_top><TD>1</TD><TD>Returns a number from 1 (Sunday) to 7 (Saturday). This is the default if parameter is omitted.</TD></TR><TR class=tr_left_top><TD>2</TD><TD>Returns a number from 1 (Monday) to 7 (Sunday).</TD></TR><TR class=tr_left_top><TD>3</TD><TD>Returns a number from 0 (Monday) to 6 (Sunday).</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>​

If this parameter is omitted, the Weekday function assumes that the return_value is set to 1.

5 return vale for Thursday. -5 means last Thursday.

Biz