Any solution to the Today Calculated Column problem is SharePoint?

Question

I would like to be able to use today\'s date in a calculated column in a SharePoint list to, for example, determine whether a task is overdue. There is a well-documented tr

Answer 1

In addition to Christophe's (PathToSharePoint)'s article this also covers the Today trick and why it doesn't work

The Truth about using Today in calculated columns

There are a number of fudges, probably the best one is Dessie's console app (mentioned above by MNM)

Dynamically updating a SharePoint calculated column containing a Today reference

Its good but its not perfect, for example you may have to worry about different timezones.

Before going down this route you should ask yourself if you really, really need to do this. For example :-

• If you want a countdown (days overdue/days left to complete a task) then you can use SPD and a XLST Data View web part

• If you want a view to show overdue items or items created in the last X days ec then you can use [Today] in a views filter 2