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--- syntax:functions:now [2016/09/20 22:53] – created dmitry
+++ syntax:functions:now [2021/09/25 17:08] (current) – [Description] craigt
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-===== Now() =====
+====== Now() ======
+Category:  Date and Time function
-Returns current time represented as a number. The fractional part of the number represent time.
+\\
+=====Description=====
+This function returns the current date-time as a date serial number.
-^  Example  ^  Result  ^
+\\
-| now()  |  42614.5357184491|
+=====Arguments=====
+This function does not require arguments.
+**Return value type:** Number (date serial value).
+\\
+=====Remarks=====
+In a date-time serial number, the whole number part of the value represents the //date// portion.  The decimal part of the number represents the //time// value (fractions of a 24-hour period).
+This function returns the current time at the time the function is evaluated during the workflow run.
+\\
+=====Examples=====
+  now() = 44408.0534446065 //July 31st, 2021 at 1:16:57 AM
+Time is a decimal fraction of a 24-hour period, so ".00" would be midnight, and ".50" would be noon.
+  now() = 44408.00 // July 31st, 2021 at 12 midnight.
+  now() = 44408.50 // July 31st, 2021 at 12 noon.
+\\
+===== See also =====
+  * [[syntax:functions:today|Today()]]