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If you want to insert the current date, how about
M-x insert-date?

If you want to insert, e.g., a time stamp for the last time a file was 
written, look at the 'time-stamp' features.

Armando Martins wrote:
> 
> Can you tell me how can I insert the today's date in a text file, 
> please? (something like fields in traditional word processors).