Macro to Display Time in Status Bar in Excel

Last reviewed: November 4, 1994
Article ID: Q63134

SUMMARY

The following Microsoft Excel macro will display the current time in the status bar. The time will be updated every minute. This macro will run every minute until interrupted by pressing the ESC key.

   A1: =MESSAGE(TRUE,TEXT(NOW(),"h:mm"))
   A2: =ON.TIME(NOW()+0.00069,"Time.xlm!time")
   A3: =RETURN()

It is assumed that the macro sheet is named "Time.XLM" and that Cell is defined as "time". The time format "h:mm" can be changed to the desired format.

Additional reference words: 2.0 2.00 2.01 2.1 2.10 3.0 3.00

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Last reviewed: November 4, 1994
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