How to auto add/enter current date/time in a cell with double clicking in Excel?
If you need to insert current date or date time frequently in a worksheet, you can try the method in this article. This article will help you to automatically add or enter current date or date tine in a specified range cells with only double clicking.
Double click to auto add/enter current date or date time with VBA code
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Double click to auto add/enter current date or date time with VBA code

You can run the below VBA code to automatically add current date or date time in a cell with double clicking. Please do as follows.
1. Right click the Sheet tab which you want to insert current date into the specified cells, then select View Code from the right-clicking menu.
2. In the Microsoft Visual basic for Applications window, copy and paste the below VBA code into the Code window.
VBA code: Double click to add current date into a cell
Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, Cancel As Boolean) If Not Intersect(Target, Range("A1:B10")) Is Nothing Then Cancel = True Target.Formula = Date End If End Sub
Notes:
1. In the code, A1:B10 is the range you will add current date to.
2. If you need to add current date time into the cell, please replace Date with Now() in the code. You can change them as you need.
3. Press Alt + Q keys simultaneously to close the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window and return to the worksheet.
From now on, when double clicking any cell in specified range A1:B10. The current date or date time will be entered automatically.
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