You can use the TODAY function to get today's date or press Ctrland the semi-colon key to put today's date in. One difference isthat the TODAY function will always have the current date ofwhatever day you open a file you have it saved in. If you use Ctrland semi-colon, and save the file and open it again tomorrow, itwill still have today's date in that cell. The NOW function willput in the current date and time. Like the TODAY function, it willalways update itself when the file is opened.