Now

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Overview

Return current date and time in datetime format. It can be converted to Unix timestamp using cast to int.

Usage

<source lang="javascript"> date now() </source>

Results

Current date and time in datetime format.

Examples

<source lang="javascript"> chg.modified_date = now(); alg.time_spent = now() - time_stamp;

if ((int)now() > (int)need_by-600) { set_return_data(TRUE); } else { set_return_data(FALSE); } </source>