To insert static or dynamic timestamps in Excel and Google Sheets, use keyboard shortcuts, formulas, or VBA code. Here's the detailed guide.

Use either keyboard shortcuts or the NOW and TODAY functions to display the current date and time in Excel and Google Sheets spreadsheets together.

Set Current Date in Excel The easiest way to add the current date in Excel is to simply type the date. For instance, typing "2018-07-31" in a cell is automatically detected as a date.

If you have to work with a date stamp in Microsoft Excel that includes date and time, you can use these simple expressions to extract both components, making them easier to work with.

To ensure that a date column is used correctly, you can effectively insert a calendar in Excel, using an Excel date picker.

Microsoft Word has a date field, but it's not easy to use in an expression. If you need to update dates in a document, use Excel to calculate the dates and then run a mail merge.