Insert the current date and time

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1. Click where you want to insert the date or time.
2. On the Insert menu, click Date and Time.
3. If you want to insert the date or time in a different language format, then click the language in the Language box.

The Language box includes a list of the enabled editing languages. Additional date and time options may also be available, depending on the language that you selected.

4. In the Available formats box, click a date or time format.
5. Select whether you want the date to automatically update or to remain as originally inserted. Do one of the following:
• To insert the date and time as a field (field: A set of codes that instructs Microsoft Word to insert text, graphics, page numbers, and other material into a document automatically. For example, the DATE field inserts the current date.) that's automatically updated when you open or print the document, select the Update automatically check box.
• To maintain the original date and time as static text, clear the Update automatically check box.