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Now

gives a DateObject representing the current moment in time.

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Now

Now

gives a DateObject representing the current moment in time.

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  • TimeObject[Now] yields the time without the date.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Find the current date and time:

Wolfram Language code: Now

Extract the TimeObject from Now:

Wolfram Language code: TimeObject[Now]

Subtract two days from the current date and time:

Wolfram Language code: Now - Quantity[2, "Days"]
Wolfram Research (2014), Now, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Now.html.

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Wolfram Research (2014), Now, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Now.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "Now." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Now.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). Now. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Now.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_now, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Now}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Now.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_now, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Now}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Now.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}