nushell/docs/commands/date_now.md

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title: date now
layout: command
version: 0.59.0
---
Get the current date.
## Signature
```> date now ```
## Examples
Get the current date and display it in a given format string.
```shell
> date now | date format "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
```
Get the time duration from 2019-04-30 to now
```shell
> (date now) - 2019-05-01
```
Get the time duration since a more accurate time
```shell
> (date now) - 2019-05-01T04:12:05.20+08:00
```