====== Now() ======
Category:  Date and Time function

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=====Description=====
This function returns the current date-time as a date serial number.

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=====Arguments=====
This function does not require arguments.

**Return value type:** Number (date serial value).

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=====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.

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=====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.

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===== See also =====
  * [[syntax:functions:today|Today()]]