github.com/jbramsden/hugo@v0.47.1/docs/content/en/functions/now.md (about)

     1  ---
     2  title: now
     3  linktitle: now
     4  description: Returns the current local time 
     5  godocref: https://godoc.org/time#Time
     6  date: 2017-02-01
     7  publishdate: 2017-02-01
     8  lastmod: 2017-04-30
     9  categories: [functions]
    10  menu:
    11    docs:
    12      parent: "functions"
    13  keywords: [dates,time]
    14  signature: ["now"]
    15  workson: []
    16  hugoversion:
    17  relatedfuncs: [Unix,dateFormat]
    18  deprecated: false
    19  aliases: []
    20  ---
    21  
    22  See [`time.Time`](https://godoc.org/time#Time).
    23  
    24  For example, building your site on June 24, 2017, with the following templating:
    25  
    26  ```
    27  <div>
    28      <small>&copy; {{ now.Format "2006"}}</small>
    29  </div>
    30  ```
    31  
    32  would produce the following:
    33  
    34  ```
    35  <div>
    36      <small>&copy; 2017</small>
    37  </div>
    38  ```
    39  
    40  The above example uses the [`.Format` function](/functions/format), which page includes a full listing of date formatting using Go's layout string.
    41  
    42  {{% note %}}
    43  Older Hugo themes may still be using the obsolete Page’s `.Now` (uppercase with leading dot), which causes build error that looks like the following:
    44  
    45      ERROR ... Error while rendering "..." in "...": ...
    46      executing "..." at <.Now.Format>:
    47      can't evaluate field Now in type *hugolib.PageOutput
    48  
    49  Be sure to use `now` (lowercase with _**no**_ leading dot) in your templating.
    50  {{% /note %}}