Insert a fixed date keyboard shortcut in 3 apps
Insert a fixed date has a documented keyboard shortcut in 3 apps here, among them Airtable, Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel. The most common keys are Ctrl + ; on Windows and Cmd + ; on a Mac.
Keys on this page were last checked against their sources on September 12, 2026.
| App | Windows | Mac | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airtable | Windows Ctrl + ; | Mac Cmd + ; | Set the selected date field to now |
| Google Sheets | Windows Ctrl + ; | Mac Cmd + ; | Stamp today's date |
| Microsoft Excel | Windows Ctrl + ; | Mac Not documented | Stamp today's date |
What most apps settled on for Insert a fixed date
On Windows, Ctrl + ; is the combination in 3 of the 3 apps here that document one. On a Mac, it is Cmd + ; in 2 of 2. All 3 apps here that document a Windows key use Ctrl + ;, which makes this one of the safer habits to carry between apps.
Where the table is deliberately empty
1 app here publishes no Mac key for Insert a fixed date, so that cell is left blank. A blank there is a gap in that maker documentation for Insert a fixed date, not an oversight here, and it is never filled by converting the other system.
If the keys for Insert a fixed date do nothing
The 3 apps listed here each decide this for themselves, so the first thing to check is that you are reading the row for the app you are actually in, and the column for your system. After that, check the app version, since insert a fixed date is the kind of command makers move between releases. Report a correction
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