Spanish-American War. Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill. by Frederic Remington. Date April 25 â August 12, 1898. Location Caribbean Sea: Cuba, Puerto Rico; Pacific Ocean: Guam, Philippine Islands.
When you press a key combination such as CTRL+; to insert the current date in a cell, Excel âtakes a snapshotâ of the current date and then inserts the date in the cell. That cellâs value doesnât change, so itâs considered static.On a worksheet, select the cell into which you want to insert the current date or time.Do one of the following: To insert the current date, press CTRL+; (semi-colon). To insert the current time, press CTRL+SHIFT+; (semi-colon).hat cellâs value doesnât change, so itâs considered static. On a worksheet, select the cell into which you want to insert the current date or time. Do one of the following: To insert the current date, press CTRL+; (semi-colon).
Referring to the current date and/or time in a formula. Excel offers two functions for this purpose. The TODAY function evaluates to today's date and is entered as follows (it has no arguments): =TODAY() The NOW function works similar to today, but also includes the current time. If you want to know how Excel handles dates and times, take a look at my earlier post on the subject. Entering the current date or time in a cell. Sometimes, however, it is not a dynamic reference to the the current date or time that you want, but to enter a fixed version of the current date or time into a cell. The following two shortcuts will allow you to do this: