.. _templating_now:

The now function: get the current time

.. versionadded:: 2.8

The now() Jinja2 function retrieves a Python datetime object or a string representation for the current time.

The now() function supports two arguments:

utc Specify True to get the current time in UTC. Defaults to False.

fmt Accepts a strftime <https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior>_ string that returns a formatted date time string.

For example: dtg: "Current time (UTC): {{ now(utc=true,fmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') }}"