now.md (1177B)
1 ---
2 title: now
3 linktitle: now
4 description: Returns the current local time
5 date: 2017-02-01
6 publishdate: 2017-02-01
7 lastmod: 2017-04-30
8 categories: [functions]
9 menu:
10 docs:
11 parent: "functions"
12 keywords: [dates,time]
13 signature: ["now"]
14 workson: []
15 hugoversion:
16 relatedfuncs: [Unix,dateFormat]
17 deprecated: false
18 aliases: []
19 ---
20
21 See [`time.Time`](https://godoc.org/time#Time).
22
23 For example, building your site on June 24, 2017, with the following templating:
24
25 ```
26 <div>
27 <small>© {{ now.Format "2006"}}</small>
28 </div>
29 ```
30
31 would produce the following:
32
33 ```
34 <div>
35 <small>© 2017</small>
36 </div>
37 ```
38
39 The above example uses the [`.Format` function](/functions/format), which page includes a full listing of date formatting using Go's layout string.
40
41 {{% note %}}
42 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:
43
44 ERROR ... Error while rendering "..." in "...": ...
45 executing "..." at <.Now.Format>:
46 can't evaluate field Now in type *hugolib.PageOutput
47
48 Be sure to use `now` (lowercase with _**no**_ leading dot) in your templating.
49 {{% /note %}}