updating a part/the date of the URL in excel
Basically, I haven't done much of excel formulation so this is new to me. I have an excel file which has a few hundreds of URL in it. now, most of these URL's are a search from different websites which include the dates in them. for example:
https://www.ft.com/search?q=investment&dateTo=2018-11-21&dateFrom=2018-11-21&sort=date
so the q=investment is what I'm searching which is static but the part To=2018-11-21&dateFrom=2018-11-21 depends on the date of everytime I open the file. I wonder if there is a way to formulate this URL so everytime I open the file, the dateTo=2018-11-21, and dateFrom=2018-11-21 gets updated by itself to todays date?
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asked Nov 21 '18 at 9:30
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Basically, I haven't done much of excel formulation so this is new to me. I have an excel file which has a few hundreds of URL in it. now, most of these URL's are a search from different websites which include the dates in them. for example:
https://www.ft.com/search?q=investment&dateTo=2018-11-21&dateFrom=2018-11-21&sort=date
so the q=investment is what I'm searching which is static but the part To=2018-11-21&dateFrom=2018-11-21 depends on the date of everytime I open the file. I wonder if there is a way to formulate this URL so everytime I open the file, the dateTo=2018-11-21, and dateFrom=2018-11-21 gets updated by itself to todays date?
excel excel-formula
asked Nov 21 '18 at 9:30
AliAli
97421331
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Basically, I haven't done much of excel formulation so this is new to me. I have an excel file which has a few hundreds of URL in it. now, most of these URL's are a search from different websites which include the dates in them. for example:
https://www.ft.com/search?q=investment&dateTo=2018-11-21&dateFrom=2018-11-21&sort=date
so the q=investment is what I'm searching which is static but the part To=2018-11-21&dateFrom=2018-11-21 depends on the date of everytime I open the file. I wonder if there is a way to formulate this URL so everytime I open the file, the dateTo=2018-11-21, and dateFrom=2018-11-21 gets updated by itself to todays date?
excel excel-formula
asked Nov 21 '18 at 9:30
AliAli
97421331
Basically, I haven't done much of excel formulation so this is new to me. I have an excel file which has a few hundreds of URL in it. now, most of these URL's are a search from different websites which include the dates in them. for example:
https://www.ft.com/search?q=investment&dateTo=2018-11-21&dateFrom=2018-11-21&sort=date
so the q=investment is what I'm searching which is static but the part To=2018-11-21&dateFrom=2018-11-21 depends on the date of everytime I open the file. I wonder if there is a way to formulate this URL so everytime I open the file, the dateTo=2018-11-21, and dateFrom=2018-11-21 gets updated by itself to todays date?
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excel excel-formula
asked Nov 21 '18 at 9:30
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Let's assume the original URLs are in column B, and you put today's date =TODAY() in cell A1, you then put the following formula in cell C1 :=SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd"))
And copy down as far as needed.
I hard coded the "2018-11-21" old date in the formula, but it would of course be easier to re-use if you put the old date in eg. A2 as a text string (very important, not as a date!)
If you want to have hyperlinks as output, just wrap with HYPERLINK() function:=HYPERLINK(SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd")))
answered Nov 21 '18 at 9:56
Peter K.Peter K.
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A1: =TODAY() B1: my url C1: =SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd")) it doesn't work!
– Ali
Nov 21 '18 at 10:10
1
Did you change the formula delimiter? In some countries you have to change the ; (semicolon) with , (comma).
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 10:14
1
And please note that with the example in your question, running this today in Excel no changes will be made, as it is today 2018-11-21 ...
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 10:18
the comma did the trick, thanks a lot but since its a formula, the result is not a URL. I need to find a way to make it to a URL. Is there a trick for that as well or i have to copy past them ?
– Ali
Nov 21 '18 at 10:19
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@Ali Very easy, just wrap inHYPERLINK()function. I updated my answer with this.
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 13:44
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Let's assume the original URLs are in column B, and you put today's date =TODAY() in cell A1, you then put the following formula in cell C1 :=SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd"))
And copy down as far as needed.
I hard coded the "2018-11-21" old date in the formula, but it would of course be easier to re-use if you put the old date in eg. A2 as a text string (very important, not as a date!)
If you want to have hyperlinks as output, just wrap with HYPERLINK() function:=HYPERLINK(SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd")))
answered Nov 21 '18 at 9:56
Peter K.Peter K.
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A1: =TODAY() B1: my url C1: =SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd")) it doesn't work!
– Ali
Nov 21 '18 at 10:10
1
Did you change the formula delimiter? In some countries you have to change the ; (semicolon) with , (comma).
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 10:14
1
And please note that with the example in your question, running this today in Excel no changes will be made, as it is today 2018-11-21 ...
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 10:18
the comma did the trick, thanks a lot but since its a formula, the result is not a URL. I need to find a way to make it to a URL. Is there a trick for that as well or i have to copy past them ?
– Ali
Nov 21 '18 at 10:19
1
@Ali Very easy, just wrap inHYPERLINK()function. I updated my answer with this.
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 13:44
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Let's assume the original URLs are in column B, and you put today's date =TODAY() in cell A1, you then put the following formula in cell C1 :=SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd"))
And copy down as far as needed.
I hard coded the "2018-11-21" old date in the formula, but it would of course be easier to re-use if you put the old date in eg. A2 as a text string (very important, not as a date!)
If you want to have hyperlinks as output, just wrap with HYPERLINK() function:=HYPERLINK(SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd")))
answered Nov 21 '18 at 9:56
Peter K.Peter K.
763212
A1: =TODAY() B1: my url C1: =SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd")) it doesn't work!
– Ali
Nov 21 '18 at 10:10
1
Did you change the formula delimiter? In some countries you have to change the ; (semicolon) with , (comma).
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 10:14
1
And please note that with the example in your question, running this today in Excel no changes will be made, as it is today 2018-11-21 ...
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 10:18
the comma did the trick, thanks a lot but since its a formula, the result is not a URL. I need to find a way to make it to a URL. Is there a trick for that as well or i have to copy past them ?
– Ali
Nov 21 '18 at 10:19
1
@Ali Very easy, just wrap inHYPERLINK()function. I updated my answer with this.
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 13:44
add a comment |
Let's assume the original URLs are in column B, and you put today's date =TODAY() in cell A1, you then put the following formula in cell C1 :=SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd"))
And copy down as far as needed.
I hard coded the "2018-11-21" old date in the formula, but it would of course be easier to re-use if you put the old date in eg. A2 as a text string (very important, not as a date!)
If you want to have hyperlinks as output, just wrap with HYPERLINK() function:=HYPERLINK(SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd")))
answered Nov 21 '18 at 9:56
Peter K.Peter K.
763212
Let's assume the original URLs are in column B, and you put today's date =TODAY() in cell A1, you then put the following formula in cell C1 :=SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd"))
And copy down as far as needed.
I hard coded the "2018-11-21" old date in the formula, but it would of course be easier to re-use if you put the old date in eg. A2 as a text string (very important, not as a date!)
If you want to have hyperlinks as output, just wrap with HYPERLINK() function:=HYPERLINK(SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd")))
answered Nov 21 '18 at 9:56
Peter K.Peter K.
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answered Nov 21 '18 at 9:56
Peter K.Peter K.
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answered Nov 21 '18 at 9:56
Peter K.Peter K.
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answered Nov 21 '18 at 9:56
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A1: =TODAY() B1: my url C1: =SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd")) it doesn't work!
– Ali
Nov 21 '18 at 10:10
1
Did you change the formula delimiter? In some countries you have to change the ; (semicolon) with , (comma).
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 10:14
1
And please note that with the example in your question, running this today in Excel no changes will be made, as it is today 2018-11-21 ...
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 10:18
the comma did the trick, thanks a lot but since its a formula, the result is not a URL. I need to find a way to make it to a URL. Is there a trick for that as well or i have to copy past them ?
– Ali
Nov 21 '18 at 10:19
1
@Ali Very easy, just wrap inHYPERLINK()function. I updated my answer with this.
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 13:44
add a comment |
A1: =TODAY() B1: my url C1: =SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd")) it doesn't work!
– Ali
Nov 21 '18 at 10:10
1
Did you change the formula delimiter? In some countries you have to change the ; (semicolon) with , (comma).
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 10:14
1
And please note that with the example in your question, running this today in Excel no changes will be made, as it is today 2018-11-21 ...
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 10:18
the comma did the trick, thanks a lot but since its a formula, the result is not a URL. I need to find a way to make it to a URL. Is there a trick for that as well or i have to copy past them ?
– Ali
Nov 21 '18 at 10:19
1
@Ali Very easy, just wrap inHYPERLINK()function. I updated my answer with this.
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 13:44
A1: =TODAY() B1: my url C1: =SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd")) it doesn't work!
– Ali
Nov 21 '18 at 10:10
A1: =TODAY() B1: my url C1: =SUBSTITUTE(B1;"2018-11-21";TEXT($A$1;"yyyy-mm-dd")) it doesn't work!
– Ali
Nov 21 '18 at 10:10
1
1
Did you change the formula delimiter? In some countries you have to change the ; (semicolon) with , (comma).
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 10:14
Did you change the formula delimiter? In some countries you have to change the ; (semicolon) with , (comma).
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 10:14
1
1
And please note that with the example in your question, running this today in Excel no changes will be made, as it is today 2018-11-21 ...
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 10:18
And please note that with the example in your question, running this today in Excel no changes will be made, as it is today 2018-11-21 ...
– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 10:18
the comma did the trick, thanks a lot but since its a formula, the result is not a URL. I need to find a way to make it to a URL. Is there a trick for that as well or i have to copy past them ?
– Ali
Nov 21 '18 at 10:19
the comma did the trick, thanks a lot but since its a formula, the result is not a URL. I need to find a way to make it to a URL. Is there a trick for that as well or i have to copy past them ?
– Ali
Nov 21 '18 at 10:19
1
1
@Ali Very easy, just wrap in
HYPERLINK() function. I updated my answer with this.– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 13:44
@Ali Very easy, just wrap in
HYPERLINK() function. I updated my answer with this.– Peter K.
Nov 21 '18 at 13:44
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