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're using Microsoft Excel, you insert the current date in a spreadsheet with the Ctrl-; keyboard shortcut. Select a cell, press the "Ctrl" key and then enter ";" (semi-colon).

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

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.