Simple date stamp script

Hello Adobe Community!
I have 100+ photos to which I need to add a date stamp. Is there a simple script to do this? I'd like to make it an action too if possible, and it's worth noting that I have no idea how to script! There were some samples linked here but I can't for the life of me figure out how to edit them to get the desired effect.

You can't use the date from either the profile folder or NTUSER.DAT as a reliable indicator of when a user last logged on, if I understand what you're trying to do. The profile folder date may not be updated even when the user's profile is active;
my own profile folder on my current system hasn't been updated for fifty days, even though I've logged off and on repeatedly and rebooted the system at least once.
On the other hand, NTUSER.DAT, since it contains the user's registry hive, can be updated
at any time by a malware scanner, malicious website blocker, or registry cleaner, or (I think) by some kinds of software installation or update.
If you want to delete user profiles according to when the user last logged on, you're probably going to have to scan the security log (assuming you have security auditing enabled). Maybe a tool like
Log Parser from Microsoft is what you need.
If you're running in a domain, you should research ways to get information from Active Directory as well.

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May I suggest that you buy a camera that will imprint the date on your
photo and be done with it. There are many point and shoots with good quality
that will do this very thing.
Keep it simple..........
Rich

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on open theDroppedFiles
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Certificate of Completion with Date Stamp

Greetings,
Is it possible to make a form that will automatcally add a date stamp to it.? Here is the scenario: a user completes a series of questions through an eLearning module. At the end of it, they click on a button/link that takes them to a page that has a PDF in it. The PDF has a fillable form so they enter their name into it and at some point, maybe when they get to the pdp, it is time/date stamped for that user. They print the PDF out and give it to their supervisor.
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} else {
f.value = "";
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Did you print the PDF and observed what happened.
The video is about putting the date printed in the PDF just before the PDF is sent to the printer.
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