Excel shortcut: Insert today’s date

If you want to insert today’s date in a cell in Excel, you can use this shortcut:

Ctrl+Shift+, (comma)

Note that this is static, ie. it will remain the same tomorrow. If you want the value to update every day, you should use the TODAY function.

Insert today's date in Excel: Ctrl+Shift+,
Insert today’s date in Excel: Ctrl+Shift+,