I am using LibreOffice Writer, supplied with my Mint Linux installation. The Time (Fixed) field never displays any time. Is it failing to fetch the time or am I doing something wrong?
The Writer 5 user manual gives (p387) some handy shortcuts for fields, including Ctrl+F9 to toggle the time etc on and off. If the Ctrl+F9 shortcut does not work with Mint click on View>Field Names to toggle the view.
Keyboard shortcuts for fields
Here are some handy keyboard shortcuts to use when working with fields:
Ctrl+F2 Open the Fields dialog.
Ctrl+F8 Turn field shadings on or off.
Ctrl+F9 Show or hide field names.
F9 Update fields.