Can we insert current date in InDesign

Hi @Kyle25599063f0ik:

It sounds like you would like to have access to a variable that would pick up the insertion date and not change? Variable Date at Insertion or similar? That's not really a variable—variables are used for content that will change—but on that note, neither is the creation date variable so maybe that logic will help you on your quest to get this added.

In any event, this is the Community Forum, staffed by volunteers who are experts with the software. We are users like you, and our job is to explain how features work. Adobe has a different site for feature requests and bug reports: please log all feature requests here: https://indesign.uservoice.com/. Feature requests pick up steam based on votes—if enough people care about a particular request and vote for it, then Adobe evaluates it for inclusion in a future release. 

In the meantime, this is likely something that can be easily scripted, even if it is never added to a future release. You might want to start a new post here with this as the question (since you tacked onto an old post and the OP marked their question as answered). Be sure to add the scripting tag so that those with the skills to help will see it.

Note: sometimes they charge for the service and other times they don't. I suspect it depends on the complexity of the task and how long it takes them to complete it.

~Barb

This was helpful. I created a new modification variable with a new name to use in letters (with no doc open). The new name appears in the edit menu, but not in the insert variable list when I go to use it in a new document. Is there a way to make it "stick"?