Now()
Returns the current system timestamp. When included in content for triggered sends, the time indicates when the triggered send definition for the message started or republished. The time doesn’t not reflect the time at which the send occurred.
The value that the function returns is in Central Standard Time (CST) without daylight saving time.
The Now()
function has one parameter:
boolPreserveEmailSentTime
(boolean): Iftrue
, the function returns the email send time for a subscriber. Iffalse
, the function returns the current time and date. The default value isfalse
.
To return the current time, call the Now()
function without any parameters.
The function returns the current time.
This table shows how the results that the Now()
and GetSendTime()
functions return vary in different situations.
Function | 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(true) | Current system time | Job start time | Job publish time |
GetSendTime() | Current system time | Individual subscriber send completed time | Individual subscriber send completed time |
GetSendTime(true) | Current system time | Job start time | Job publish time |