Delphi Basics : Now command

DelphiBasics

Now
Function

Gives the current date and time

SysUtils unit

function Now():TDateTime;

Description

The Now function returns the current date and time in the local time zone.

The returned TDateTime type can be manipulated and displayed by many SysUtil and DateUtils routines.

Related commands

Date		Gives the current date
Time		Gives the current time
Tomorrow		Gives the date tomorrow
Yesterday		Gives the date yesterday

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Example code : Show the current date and time

var
  today : TDateTime;
begin
  today := Now;
  ShowMessage('today has date = '+DateToStr(today));
  ShowMessage('today has time = '+TimeToStr(today));
end;

Show full unit code

today has date = 12/10/2002
today has time = 13:37:25