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Set a default value Select the field that you want to change. On the General tab, type a value in the Default Value property box. The value you that you can enter depends on the data type that is set for the field. For example, you can type =Date() to insert the current date in a Date/Time field.

The simplest way to insert today's day is to add a simple Date() function to the Default Value property of your table.

Open the Access report or form in Design view or Layout view. On the Design tab, in the Header / Footer group, click Date and Time. The Date and Time dialog box appears. Clear the Include Date check box if you do not want to include the date.

Access provides several predefined formats for date and time data. Open the table in Design View. In the upper section of the design grid, select the Date/Time field that you want to format. In the Field Properties section, click the arrow in the Format property box, and select a format from the drop-down list.

SELECT Now() AS Expr1 FROM ProductSales GROUP BY Now(); Returns the current system "Date and Time" in the default system Time format and displays in the column Expr1.

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Access provides several predefined formats for date and time data. Open the table in Design View. In the upper section of the design grid, select the Date/Time field that you want to format. In the Field Properties section, click the arrow in the Format property box, and select a format from the drop-down list.

Let Access enter today's date automatically Open the Orders table in Design View. Click on the Date field. In the Table Properties window, click in the Default text box and enter Date(). Click the drop-down arrow of the Format text box and select Short Date (Figure A).