titles($category, $functionName, $description); // Create new PhpSpreadsheet object $spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet(); $worksheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet(); $worksheet->setCellValue('A1', '=NOW()'); $worksheet->getStyle('A1') ->getNumberFormat() ->setFormatCode('yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss'); // Test the formulae $helper->log(sprintf( 'Today is %f (%s)', $worksheet->getCell('A1')->getCalculatedValue(), $worksheet->getCell('A1')->getFormattedValue() ));