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category: [Administration & Integrations, Platform and Product Extensions, Platform and Product Extensions/Integration, Administration & Integrations/Custom Integrations & Apps, Platform and Product Extensions/Workday Extend]
keyword: [Extend, PMD Scripting, Scripts]
nav: wcp_docs
parent_url: /wcp_docs/
title: now (timeZoneString)
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---

## <a id="section_m3p_myb_5db"></a>Description

Returns the current date and time from the system clock in the specified time zone.

## <a id="section_cyq_j1m_zsb"></a>Return Type

`Date`

## <a id="section_njs_xzl_zsb"></a>Namespace Function Syntax

```
date:now(timeZoneString)
```

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>timeZoneString</td><td>A time zone string for the current time. Example: <code>'America/Los_Angeles'</code></td></tr></tbody></table><br/>

<b>Example</b>

`date:now('America/Denver')`