Word date macro

[patrick118]

We use the following macro in Word for our date in the document {DATE \@ "d MMMM yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT }

this works but when you save the document on december 1 and open it 3 days later it show december 4.

How do i make the document always show save date or something that is static.

Thank you

 

[ilses]

Hello Patrick,

If you want to see the date on which the document was created, go to: Insert > Field. Select the date/time category in the left-hand panel and the CreateDate option in the panel on the right.

HTH

Ilse

 

[macropod]

Hi patrick118,

Depending on what you want to achieve, you can simply change the:
{DATE \@ "d MMMM yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT }
to:
{CREATEDATE \@ "d MMMM yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT }
to show the date the document was created
{SAVEDATE \@ "d MMMM yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT }
to show the last-saved date
{PRINTDATE \@ "d MMMM yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT }
to show the last-printed date.

Cheers
PS: This is not a macro, but a field.

 

[patrick118]

Macropod. Thanks. for the answer. Exactly what i needed.

Patrick
PS will remember it is a field. ;-)