Category: Google Sheets

Google Sheets FILTER function: Dates and Times

If you have landed on this page you may have discovered that dates and times don’t always work as you might expect with the Google Sheets FILTER  function.

In this tutorial, we are going to cover how to use FILTER on dates, times and date and time stamps (DTS).

You can follow through the tutorial in its entirety or use the table of contents below to get directly to what you need.

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How do I reverse a range by Rows or Columns in Google Sheets

Google Sheets: SORT, INDEX, ROWS

Reverse Rows in Column in Google Sheets
My favourite Killjoy members. Column A – From most favourite. Column B Saving the best for last.

Sometimes you have a need to reverse a list quickly in Google Sheets.

That’s pretty easy to do if the list is sorted alphabetically. Just go on into the <Data> menu and choose from one of the sort functions. But what if the data you want to flip is not in alphabetical or numeric order?

Below are 3 ways to reverse your data:

Also check out the last example on how to flip a column in Google Sheets.

For the examples below, I’ll be using a list of my favourite Killjoys characters. Yeah, I’m a sci-fi geek.

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Add the Current Date to a Sheet When Data Is Added So That The Date Does Not Change(Static) – Google Sheets (Updated July 2023)

Google Sheets, Google Apps Script: onEdit

You’ve probably come across the problem where you need to know when a piece of data has been added to your spreadsheet. You probably have been equally frustrated that there is no out-of-the-box function that will do just this.

You’ve tried TODAY() and NOW(), but they change dynamically. What you really need here is something that does not change.

Let’s look at two workarounds that can help you out with this problem.

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Google Apps Script – How to Automatically Generate a Time From a Four Digit 24 hour Time in Google Sheets.

Google Apps Script, Google Sheets

On a recent board post, a Google Sheets user wanted to change a four-digit number (for example, 1230) to a time, like 12:30, in the same cell that the item was entered.

Unfortunately, the user was not in a position to change the starting values, so they were left with the 4 digits.

There are two ways of doing this with varying levels of complexity:

 

  1. The Google Sheets Formula Approach
  2. The Google Apps Script onEdit Approach

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