now

Returns a string showing the current time. You can specify the timezone.

FUNCTION DEPRECATED — superseded by getCurrentTime.

Parameters

TIME ZONE (string)
Optional. Either an offset from the default Universal Co-ordinated Time (UTC) or an ID from the IANA time zone database. UTC is equivalent to GMT in winter.

ATL in Script	Result	Notes
`[[now()]]`	1:53 PM	The time in your current time zone.
`[[now('UTC')]]`	1:53 PM	The time now in the UTC time zone.
`[[now('UTC+8')]]`	9:53 PM	The time in UTS plus 8 hours (e.g. China).
`[[now('Africa/Kampala')]]`	4:53 PM	The time in Kampala.