How to Automatically Insert Date and Timestamp in Excel? Part-1

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In this video, we will train you on how you can automatically insert time and date stamp in Excel, using keyboard shortcuts.
The Date and Timestamp is a type of data type that determines the date and time of a particular region. It contains some characters along with some encoded data. This format may vary from language to language. Keeping track of date and time helps in managing records of our work as well as segregate the information day-wise. In this article, we will be going to learn how we can automatically insert Date and Timestamp in Excel.

Inserting Date And Timestamp using keyboard shortcuts (Static method)
The static method is helpful when there are only a few cells where you need to insert the Date and Timestamp. You can quickly use the keyboard shortcut to manually insert the Date and Timestamp.

Follow the below steps to implement the same:

Select the cell into which the current date or time needs to be inserted.
Use this shortcut – Ctrl + ; (Control + semicolon) to insert the current date.
Use this shortcut – Ctrl + Shift + ; (Control + Shift + semicolon) to insert the current time.
Use this shortcut – Press the combination (Ctrl + ;) and (Ctrl + Shift + ;) to insert the current time and time.