Built-in date and time methods#
Methods for working with date and time.
Python support
You can use Python in the Code node. It isn't available in expressions.
| Method | Description | Available in Code node? |
|---|---|---|
$now |
A Luxon object containing the current timestamp. Equivalent to DateTime.now(). |
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$today |
A Luxon object containing the current timestamp, rounded down to the day. Equivalent to DateTime.now().set({ hour: 0, minute: 0, second: 0, millisecond: 0 }). |
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| Method | Description |
|---|---|
_now |
A Luxon object containing the current timestamp. Equivalent to DateTime.now(). |
_today |
A Luxon object containing the current timestamp, rounded down to the day. Equivalent to DateTime.now().set({ hour: 0, minute: 0, second: 0, millisecond: 0 }). |
SMS-iT Workflow passes dates between nodes as strings, so you need to parse them. Luxon helps you do this. Refer to Date and time with Luxon for more information.
SMS-iT Workflow provides built-in convenience functions to support data transformation in expressions for dates. Refer to Data transformation functions | Dates for more information.