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    Relative Date Time in Outlook and Excel (minutes ago, hours ago, days ago), like Gmail
  
        
  
    
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  | Go to: | |
| Ribbon > View > View Settings > Columns... > New Column... | |
| Name: "Ago" | |
| Type: Formula | |
| Formula: | |
| IIF( Now() - [Received] <1/24, MINUTE( Now()-[Received] ) & " minutes ago",IIF( Now()-[Received] <1, HOUR( Now()-[Received] ) & " hours ago",IIF( Now()-[Received] <31, INT( Now()-[Received] ) & " days ago", "months ago"))) | 
  
    
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  | E2 | |
| =NOW()-5/1440 # 5 minutes ago | |
| =NOW()-0.5 # 12 hours ago | |
| =NOW()-1.1 # 1 days ago | |
| =NOW()-40 # months ago | |
| =IF(E2<1/24,CONCATENATE(MINUTE(E2)," minutes ago"),IF(E2<1,CONCATENATE(HOUR(E2)," hours ago"),IF(E2<31,CONCATENATE(INT(E2)," days ago"), "months ago"))) | 
Awesome. Glad it was useful.
  
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thank you for doing this. I was looking for a formula, and this was a great time saver for an outlook field showing time like this