See current time and date in Notepad

In this tutorial i will show you a trick found in Notepad.

1. First of all enter Notepad(start->run->notepad or right click on the desktop New->Text Document).
2. Then type ".LOG"(without "")
3. Afterwards name the document "docname" and save it.
4. Close Notepad and enter the saved document.

You will see the current time and date.
Have fun

Hey, that's pretty neat.
I don't really know when it'd be useful, every computer I know has a clock already but nice find.

hey good. but i prefer using ms word

Hehe nice ... but you can also open notepad .... and just press F5. You can enter the current time and date with only 1 push of a button

[nioton]

notepad is used yet ????

oh man, why you use it ?

Awsome, not sure where I would use that. But definately some cool little trick I can show a few friends.

Originally Posted by nioton

notepad is used yet ????

oh man, why you use it ?

Give me a reason why I shouldnt?

I also use PSPad, but thats for coding.

Cool tips ! I use notepad too for coding .. but only sometimes