A common task, add both dynamic and fixed tasks

You can easily change the format of any cell in an Excel worksheet to tell the application what type of data to expect. Two common formats are date and time.

Inserting dates and times in Excel is so common that Microsoft has built in a few shortcuts and features to help you add this type of data to your worksheet. Learn how to quickly add both fixed and dynamic date and time stamps to Excel.

Many people use Excel frequently to track inventory, invoices, income/expenses, and a variety of other applications that require static recording of dates and times. Excel has a number of built-in shortcuts to make adding the current date and time a quick job.