How to Add an Updating Date and Time in Microsoft Word (PC & Mac)

Learn how to add an automatically updating date and time in Microsoft Word. First, we will look at how to do so in the text. Then, we will add an updating date and time to the header or footer. Lastly, the Quick Tip at the end shows how to manually update the date and time.

These steps are for Word for Microsoft 365, Word for Microsoft 365 for Mac (a.k.a., Word for Mac), Word 2021, Word 2019, and Word 2016.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:25 How to Add an Updating Date and Time in the Text
01:31 How to Add an Updating Date and Time in the Header or Footer
02:35 How to Manually Update the Date and Time

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How to Add an Updating Date and Time in Microsoft Word (PC & Mac)

💻 Related Resources
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How to Insert Headers and Footers in Microsoft Word

How to Use Microsoft Word (Playlist)

How to Use Word for Mac (Playlist)

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[mikecruz]

Your tutorials are very helpful, thank you

[stuartcook]

Hi Erin. Love your videos. Is it possible to put into word a projected updating field. For example, my current document says review in January 2024. As we enter the 1st of January in a few months, I want my document to display January 2025. Is this possible and how might it be done?

[mrtdiver]

Hello,

In MS Word I have a ~600 pg. doc. with a Header, I want the header to be different on most pages without using Section breaks. Because section breaks start over my footnotes back to (1) or (A) in my case.

Is there a way I can edit the each header without messing up my footnotes?

Thank you Erin.

[pabbusiva]

Hi mam, could you please tell me how we can update the date from UTC to EST time in a word