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

When you create Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that contain one or more columns of dates, you can make things a bit easier if you pre-format your cells to display date information the way you want ...

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.

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