I have been trying to place two timestamps on a row corresponding to two different cell ranges on that row. I have been successfully using this script to timestamp any changes on the row (after the 5th column).
What I would like is to place a timestamp in column E if any change happen in cell ranges F to L, and then, another timestamp in column M, if any other changes are made from column N to Z:
function onEdit(e) {
if (e.range.columnStart < 6 || e.range.rowStart < 2) return;
e.source.getActiveSheet().getRange(e.range.rowStart, 5)
.setValue(Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT-4", "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
}
I don't see rowStart and columnStart properties in the Range class documentation; it seems preferable to use the documented methods getRow and getColumn. Like this:
function onEdit(e) {
var sheet = e.range.getSheet();
var row = e.range.getRow();
if (row < 2) {
return;
}
var col = e.range.getColumn();
if (col >= 6 && col <= 12) {
sheet.getRange(row, 5).setValue(new Date());
}
if (col >= 14 && col <= 26) {
sheet.getRange(row, 13).setValue(new Date());
}
}
The timestamp columns can be formatted to show both date and time, if desired.
As you can see, the conditional statements are similar: leftmost column, rightmost column, timestamp column. More could be added to the same effect. If you don't feel like counting letters, expressions like
"N".charCodeAt(0) - "A".charCodeAt(0) + 1;
can be used to get the number corresponding to column N.