Return the current time as a UNIX timestamp

Syntax

NOW

Typing

float

Description

Floating point number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC.

Warning: Parents of a function using NOW can not be archived, as the NOW function is not deterministic. For better results, use NOW as early as possible in the processing stream.

Examples

expression evaluates to
NOW 1650270535.23

See Also

Return the time elapsed since a past date