Now

Overview

Returns the current system (server) date and time. When included in content for triggered sends, the time indicates when the triggered send definition for the message started or republished. The time does not not reflect when the send actually occurred. Now() is in Central Standard Time (CST) without daylight saving time.

Syntax

Now(1)

Function Properties

Ordinal	Type		Description
1	boolean		Determines whether to preserve the email sent time for post-send resolution of Now(). A value of true preserves the email sent time.

Usage

Review what Now() and GetSendTime() return in different situations.

	During a send	After a list, DE, or manual send	After a triggered or journey send
Now()	Current system time	Current system time	Current system time
Now(1)	Current system time	Job start time	Job publish time
GetSendTime()	Current system time	Individual subscriber send completed time	Individual subscriber send completed time
GetSendTime(1)	Current system time	Job start time	Job publish time

Given the date and time 10 a.m., March 1, 2014.

Now()

System returns:

3/1/2014  10:00:00