turn NOW() function static

curiouscoder

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i am unable to show/upload my excel file as im working on a work device.

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the H column consists of statuses in a drop down list with each status having its own respective column that records a time stamp whenever the status is selected.

my issue is due to the =NOW() function each timestamp is dynamic and keeps updating until the next status in the drop down list is selected. as you can see the timestamps assigned for the second 2 "Assigned" statuses are the same since neither of them haven't been set to the next status as of yet.

I have provided formulas for column J and L and would really appreciate if someone could show me how the formula in each column could be adjusted to show the static =NOW() timestamp as opposed to volatile.

thank you
 
Glad we could help & thanks for the feedback.
 
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