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url: /cube-functions/now.md
description: 'Only Executes Under: Cards, Workviews, Processes'
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# NOW 

**Only Executes Under:** `Cards`, `Workviews`, `Processes`

Returns the current date and time as an Excel date value.

```js
NOW()
```

#### Parameters

#### Examples

```js
NOW()

```

**Result:** `45033.66038`

**Note:** Assuming the current Date/Time was 2023-04-17 15:50:57.