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diff --git a/docs/content/en/functions/now.md b/docs/content/en/functions/now.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..68d628f11 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/content/en/functions/now.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +--- +title: now +description: Returns the current local time +categories: [functions] +menu: + docs: + parent: functions +keywords: [dates,time] +signature: ["now"] +relatedfuncs: [Unix,dateFormat] +--- + +See [`time.Time`](https://godoc.org/time#Time). + +For example, building your site on June 24, 2017, with the following templating: + +```go-html-template +<div> + <small>© {{ now.Format "2006" }}</small> +</div> +``` + +would produce the following: + +```html +<div> + <small>© 2017</small> +</div> +``` + +The above example uses the [`.Format` function](/functions/format), which page includes a full listing of date formatting using Go's layout string. + +{{% note %}} +Older Hugo themes may still be using the obsolete Page’s `.Now` (uppercase with leading dot), which causes build error that looks like the following: + + ERROR ... Error while rendering "..." in "...": ... + executing "..." at <.Now.Format>: + can't evaluate field Now in type *hugolib.PageOutput + +Be sure to use `now` (lowercase with _**no**_ leading dot) in your templating. +{{% /note %}} |