Change default date value while entering time

Question

Upon entering time value as 12:45 in a cell formatted as dd/mm/yy hh:mm, the following date value gets entered by default: 01/00/1900 12:45:00.

I want it to enter today's date, i.e. the date of entry by default

I'm using MS Excel 2013

Answer 1

I don't know of any way to do it in one step like you're looking for. To do it in a couple of steps, first press Ctrl + semicolon, which enters the current date. Then press space, followed by the time.

To enter the current time, it's Ctrl Shift + semicolon. So Ctrl + semicolon, followed by that gets you the current date and time.