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  Reference: LocalTime Global Functions
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Qualifier: `localtime`

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>now</td><td>Arguments: <ul><li>None
</li></ul> Return Type: <ul><li>LocalTime
</li></ul> Returns the current date from the system clock in the default time zone.</td></tr><tr><td>now</td><td>Arguments: <ul><li>zoneID (String)
</li></ul> Return Type: <ul><li>LocalTime
</li></ul> Returns the current date from the system clock in the specified time zone</td></tr><tr><td>parse</td><td>Arguments: <ul><li>text (String)
</li></ul> Return Type: <ul><li>LocalTime
</li></ul> Returns an instance of LocalDate from the specified text string. Example: 2023-02-04.</td></tr><tr><td>parse</td><td>Arguments: <ul><li>text (String)
</li><li>pattern (String)
</li></ul> Return Type: <ul><li>LocalTime
</li></ul> Returns an instance of LocalDate from the specified text string, formatted according to the specified pattern.</td></tr></tbody></table><br/>