How to Find the Year Was Made for Your Computer Tutorial Quick and Easy By the end of this  video , you will know how to find the month, date, and year quick and easily whether for your desktop or laptop. For this example, I’m going to use my  laptop  (you will do the same with your  desktop ) to find the month, date, and year. First, come down here and click on this search bar below and type in System Information. Next, come over here and click on it. After that, the System Information window pups up. Next, hover your mouse down here to BIOS Version/date, and to the right is  Dell Inc . A13, 11/22/2016. That was the month, date, and year when this computer was built (November 22, 2016). Then, just click on the x to the top right corner to close the window then you’re done.