now Template Tag

Add the current date:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h1>{% now "Y-m-d" %}</h1>

</body>
</html>

Definition and Usage

The now tag inserts the current date and/or time, according to the specified format.

Add the current date and time:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h1>{% now "Y-m-d G:i:s" %}</h1>

</body>
</html>

{% now format %}

Value

Description

format

Required. A string with any combination of these characters:

Character	Description
y	Year, 2 digits (00-99)
Y	Year, 4 digits (0001-9999)
L	Returns whether now is a leap year or not (True-False)
m	Month, 2 digits (01-12)
n	Month, 1 or 2 digits (1-12)
M	Month, 3 letters (Jan-Dec)
b	Month, 3 lower case letters (jan-dec)
E	Month, text in local language
F	Month, full text (January-December)
N	Month, max 5 letters, if month name has more, use proper abbreviation (Jan. Dec.)
t	Number of days in month (28-31)
d	Day of month (01-31)
D	Day of week (Sun-Sat)
j	Day of month (1-31)
l	Day of week (Sunday-Saturday)
S	Ending of number (st-nd-rd-th)
w	Day of week (0-6)
z	Day of year (1-366)
W	Week of year (ISO-8601) (1-53)
g	Hour (1-12)
G	Hour (0-23)
h	Hour (01-12)
H	Hour (00-23)
i	Minutes (00-59)
s	Seconds (00-59)
u	Microseconds (000000-999999)
a	Meridiem (a.m. or p.m.)
A	Meridiem (A.M. or P.M.)
f	The Time (9:45). If the time is precisely (on the minute) nine, it returns only the hour (9)
P	The Time (9:45 p.m.). If the time is precisely (on the minute) nine, it returns (9 p.m.). If the time is precisely 0:00, it returns (midnight). If the time is precisely 12:00 it returns (noon).
e	Name of time zone, like (GMT) or (UTC)
I	Returns whether we are in daylight saving time or not (1 or 0)
O	The difference to GMT (+0500)
T	Local time zone, like (UTC) or (EST)
Z	Difference to GMT, in seconds (3600)
c	Current date in ISO 8601 format (2022-04-05T12:38:30.797643+00:00)
r	Current date in RFC 5322 format (Tue, 05 Apr 2022 12:39:24 +0000)
U	Seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00

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