Now

Now

This function returns the current system date and time or the date and time of the original send. The date and time returned is Central Standard Time (CST) without any adjustments for daylight savings.

Arguments

Now(1)

NOTE: For a Triggered Send (or Journey email) a value of true returns the time the Triggered Send Definition was last published.

Example

%%[

var @currentTime, @sendStartTime

set @currentTime  = Now()
set @currentTime =  format(@currentTime,"yyyyMMddhhmmss")

set @sendStartTime  = Now(1)
set @sendStartTime =  format(@sendStartTime,"yyyyMMddhhmmss")

]%%
currentTime: %%=v(@currentTime)=%%
<br>sendStartTime: %%=v(@sendStartTime)=%%

Output

currentTime: 20191129015530
sendStartTime: 20191129015530