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How to auto add date and time to comment in Excel?

Author Xiaoyang Last modified

When you insert a comment into a cell, a user name will be inserted automatically by default. Have you ever wondered if the current date and time can be auto added to the comment as well? This will help you to quickly identify the time you created the comments. This article, I will introduce some tricks for you to deal with this problem in Excel.

Manually add date and time to comment with short cut keys

Auto add date and time to comment with VBA code

arrow blue right bubble Manually add date and time to comment with short cut keys

Without typing the data and time into the comment box, you can use these short cut keys to insert the data and time quickly and easily. Please do as follows:

1. Click one cell that you want to insert a comment with the current data and time, and then right click to choose Insert Comment form the context menu, see screenshot:

click insert comment from right click menu

2. After inserting the comment, in the comment box, press Ctrl +; to insert the current date, and type a space bar, then press Ctrl + Shift +; to insert the current time, and the current data and time has been added into the comment at once, see screenshot:

apply shortcut to insert current date and time

3. And then you can edit your comment as your need.

arrow blue right bubble Auto add date and time to comment with VBA code

If you are not familiar with the short cut keys, don’t worry, here, I can talk about a VBA code to help you insert the date and time automatically.

1. Select the cell which you want to insert the comment.

2. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

3. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.

VBA code: Auto add date and time to comment

Sub DatedComment()
'Update 20141110
Dim pComment As Comment
Dim WorkRng As Range
Set WorkRng = Application.ActiveCell
Set pComment = WorkRng.AddComment(Application.UserName & ":" & vbLf & Now & vbLf)
pComment.Shape.TextFrame.Characters(1, VBA.Len(Application.UserName) + 1).Font.Bold = True
End Sub

4. Then press F5 key to run this code, and a comment will be inserted to the selected cell with the date and time automatically, and you can edit the comment as your need, see screenshot:

insert current date and time into comment with vba code

Tip: This VBA cannot work if the selected cell has already been inserted comment before.

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