{"id":31496,"date":"2018-04-21T15:47:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T15:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/now\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T00:58:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T00:58:38","slug":"now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/now\/","title":{"rendered":"Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Now<\/h2>\n<p>This function returns the current system date and time or the date and time of the original send.  The date and time returned is Central Standard Time (CST) without any adjustments for daylight savings.<\/p>\n<h3>Arguments<\/h3>\n<p><code>Now(1)<\/code><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center\">Ordinal<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\">Type<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\">Required<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\">Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">Boolean<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">False<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">A value of <code>true<\/code> returns the date and time the send started for a subscriber.  A value of <code>false<\/code> returns the current date and time. The default value is <code>false<\/code> if no value is specified<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<blockquote>\n<p>NOTE: For a Triggered Send (or Journey email) a value of <code>true<\/code> returns the time the Triggered Send Definition was last published.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Example<\/h3>\n<pre><code>%%[\n\nvar @currentTime, @sendStartTime\n\nset @currentTime  = Now()\nset @currentTime =  format(@currentTime,\"yyyyMMddhhmmss\")\n\nset @sendStartTime  = Now(1)\nset @sendStartTime =  format(@sendStartTime,\"yyyyMMddhhmmss\")\n\n]%%\ncurrentTime: %%=v(@currentTime)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;sendStartTime: %%=v(@sendStartTime)=%%<\/code><\/pre>\n<h4>Output<\/h4>\n<pre><code>currentTime: 20191129015530\nsendStartTime: 20191129015530<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now This function returns the current system date and time or the date and time of the original send. 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