Automatic date in a cell, when the corresponding row is updated or changed

Sarahd1

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Hi everyone. I have been trying to figure out a VBA code that will automatically input the date which the corresponding row is updated. I need the code in column P, starting in row 4, and I already have code in the document for some other columns. The goal here is to be able to see the last date that each row was updated.
Can anyone please advise a code that will do this? The rows are a mixture of free text and some dependent drop down lists. I will post the code and a screenshot of the code, that I already have below, can you please advise where to put the additional code for the dates? I have never used two different codes in one document before. Thank you!! :)
VBA Code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
'Update by Extendoffice 2018/06/04

    Application.EnableEvents = False

    If Target.Column = 2 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    If Target.Column = 4 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    If Target.Column = 5 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    If Target.Column = 6 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    Application.EnableEvents = True
    
End Sub
 

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I'm not 100% clear on exactly what you want, but please try the following code & let me know if it's getting close?
(EDITED)

VBA Code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    If Target.CountLarge = 1 Then
        Select Case Target.Column
            Case Is = 2, 4, 5, 6
                Application.EnableEvents = False
                If Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
                    Target.Offset(, 1) = ""
                    Range("P" & Target.Row).Value = Date
                End If
        End Select
        Application.EnableEvents = True
    End If
End Sub
 
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Hi Kevin, Thanks your reply, I appreciate your help. I will try to explain again. I am new to VBA codes.
1. I need the dates in column in column P , further; I want the date to automatically insert, when any cells to the left in that corresponding row are updated. changed or a new row of data is added. I.e, If one day I go in and make edits to cells D5 and G55 - I want the date in cells P5 and P55 to update to the current date. Likewise, If I add a new row of data in row 73, I want the current date to appear in cell P73.
2. I already have a code in the same worksheet, for a different purpose - and I don't know how to add an additional code or where to put it. When I add the code you have given me, below this code; I get this error - 'compile error: ambiguous name detected: worksheet_change'.
VBA Code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
'Update by Extendoffice 2018/06/04

    Application.EnableEvents = False

    If Target.Column = 2 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    If Target.Column = 4 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    If Target.Column = 5 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    If Target.Column = 6 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    Application.EnableEvents = True
 
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Hi Kevin, Thanks your reply, I appreciate your help. I will try to explain again. I am new to VBA codes.
1. I need the dates in column in column P , further; I want the date to automatically insert, when any cells to the left in that corresponding row are updated. changed or a new row of data is added. I.e, If one day I go in and make edits to cells D5 and G55 - I want the date in cells P5 and P55 to update to the current date. Likewise, If I add a new row of data in row 73, I want the current date to appear in cell P73.
2. I already have a code in the same worksheet, for a different purpose - and I don't know how to add an additional code or where to put it. When I add the code you have given me, below this code; I get this error - 'compile error: ambiguous name detected: worksheet_change'.
VBA Code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
'Update by Extendoffice 2018/06/04

    Application.EnableEvents = False

    If Target.Column = 2 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    If Target.Column = 4 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    If Target.Column = 5 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    If Target.Column = 6 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    Application.EnableEvents = True
Understood. Could you please post your existing code?
 
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I'm not 100% clear on exactly what you want, but please try the following code & let me know if it's getting close?
(EDITED)

VBA Code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    If Target.CountLarge = 1 Then
        Select Case Target.Column
            Case Is = 2, 4, 5, 6
                Application.EnableEvents = False
                If Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
                    Target.Offset(, 1) = ""
                    Range("P" & Target.Row).Value = Date
                End If
        End Select
        Application.EnableEvents = True
    End If
End Sub
Sorry, Kevin I posted a general reply to this thread instead of replying to you, and I can't seem to delete or edit my comment (can you tell I am new here?). Please see my reply above. Thank you
 
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Understood. Could you please post your existing code?
This is my existing code (for a different purpose), and the code you gave me below it.

VBA Code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
'Update by Extendoffice 2018/06/04

    Application.EnableEvents = False

    If Target.Column = 2 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    If Target.Column = 4 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    If Target.Column = 5 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    If Target.Column = 6 And Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
    End If

    Application.EnableEvents = True
    
End Sub
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    If Target.CountLarge = 1 Then
        Select Case Target.Column
            Case Is = 2, 4, 5, 6
                Application.EnableEvents = False
                If Target.Validation.Type = 3 Then
                    Target.Offset(, 1) = ""
                    Range("P" & Target.Row).Value = Date
                End If
        End Select
        Application.EnableEvents = True
    End If
End Sub
 
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Sorry, Kevin I posted a general reply to this thread instead of replying to you, and I can't seem to delete or edit my comment (can you tell I am new here?). Please see my reply above. Thank you
The code I supplied in post #2 is meant to replace entirely the code you already have. It does all the things you ask for in a test file. Try and replace your existing code with mine & see what happens when you make changes in your worksheet :)
 
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WOW!!!! That is brilliant. Thank you SO MUCH. I wish you could have heard my reaction when I just used this. Thank you Kevin!!!
 
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The code I supplied in post #2 is meant to replace entirely the code you already have. It does all the things you ask for in a test file. Try and replace your existing code with mine & see what happens when you make changes in your worksheet :)
Sorry one more thing ?
I need the code for column P (the dates) to work if any cell in the row before P is updated, not just the ones that were covered by the previous code. So I need the date to update if there's any changes to columns A through to O (15 columns). I was going to add the numbers for the columns that aren't working at the moment, but I didn't want to mess the code up. Currently the date only changes or updates if there's changes to columns B to F.

Thank you !
 
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Sorry one more thing ?
I need the code for column P (the dates) to work if any cell in the row before P is updated, not just the ones that were covered by the previous code. So I need the date to update if there's any changes to columns A through to O (15 columns). I was going to add the numbers for the columns that aren't working at the moment, but I didn't want to mess the code up. Currently the date only changes or updates if there's changes to columns B to F.

Thank you !
And do you want it to work only if the cell changed has a Data Validation applicable to it, or any cell in the range A:O?
 
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