Notepad Showing Current Time and Date Easter Egg (Function)

Notepad, the basic text editor that comes with almost every versions of Windows operating system, has a hidden easter egg or function that able to display current time and date automatically on opening of the text document. The trick works on most Windows operating system with Notepad such as Windows XP and Windows Vista, and is useful to show what is the current time on opening of document with Notepad.

To perform the easter egg trick, do the following:

  1. Run Notepad.
  2. Type .LOG in the editor (all letters in capital).
  3. Save the file with any filename.
  4. Exit Notepad.
  5. Double click on the saved file or launch a blank Notepad and use File menu to open up the saved file again.
  6. Voila, the date and time of opening the text document appear right below the “.LOG” line.

    Showing Date and Time in Notepad Easter Egg

There is also another Notepad easter egg.

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3 Responses to “Notepad Showing Current Time and Date Easter Egg (Function)”

  1. How to Append and Add Custom Message or Text to System Clock on Windows Taskbar » My Digital Life
    July 7th, 2009 00:08
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    [...] Note that all functions that use Windows time format will be affected, including when pressing F5 to display current time in Notepad or use .LOG function to show current time in Notepad. [...]

  2. GiGi.
    June 4th, 2008 19:00
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    This is a feature, if you put .LOG at the beginning of your document then every time you edit the document it’s puts a date stamp at the end so you can see exactly when you edited it hence Log

  3. Missing File and Folder Names in Windows Vista Explorer Large Icon and Details View Easter Egg (or Bug?) » My Digital Life
    June 4th, 2008 00:21
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    [...] eggs’ (if you claim it’s an easter egg, as it may be a function or bug anyway) are time and date function in Notepad and hidden switch for screen savers. Another easter egg (or probably is actually a bug) is to hide [...]

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