Retrieve a date in Google Sheets

gaelgael228 Posted messages 26 Status Member -  
 Anonymous user -
Hello,

In my spreadsheet, I align dates one after the other (in rows and in ascending order).
I would like to access the most recent date (the one furthest to the right) without having to scroll through the spreadsheet.

In short, I want to retrieve the most recent date and display it in a cell at the beginning of the spreadsheet (always the same one).

Do you know how to do this?

I am a beginner in this area.
Thank you

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5 answers

Anonymous user
 
Hello,

The formula =MAX(data_range) will return the most recent date.
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gaelgael228 Posted messages 26 Status Member
 
Great, thank you very much, it's working!

Provided that I can also apply this to blank lines. At that point, it gives me an absurd date "30-12-1899"...

Is it possible to exclude blank lines (return nothing when the lines are empty)?
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Anonymous user
 
It's strange because the MAX function does not take empty cells into account.

I did a test with Sheets to ensure that the behavior was not different from Excel, and I do get the max date from a range with one or more empty cells!

Could we have an example of your file?
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gaelgael228 Posted messages 26 Status Member
 
Hello, yes, with pleasure.

here it is https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1if7yZfznu_OhAfbyvuQsOMo75J1RdMifLlF3XTfVF5M/edit?usp=sharing

I deleted all data from the document except for the relevant columns, namely:
column P which retrieves data from columns AK to AP

As you will see, the formula works well, but when there is no date on the row of the formula, I get returned an absurd date.
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Anonymous user
 
Hello,
There are restrictions on this sharing: one cannot access it just by having the link. Could you loosen the access?

Best regards
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gaelgael228 Posted messages 26 Status Member
 
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Anonymous user
 
No worries :-) It's readable now.

Using formulas in Sheets infrequently, I don’t understand where the problem comes from.
To work around this, I suggest using the formula =IF(max(a_range)>DATEVALUE("01/01/1980"),max(a_range),"") (see column O of your sheet).

Maybe someone will suggest something better!

Best regards
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gaelgael228 Posted messages 26 Status Member
 
Great Roma, that works!
Thank you very much!
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Anonymous user
 
You're welcome :-)
Apparently, 30-12-1899 would be the minimum date handled by Sheets.
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