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The now function: get the current time

New in version 2.8.

The now() Jinja2 function retrieves a Python datetime object or a string representation for the current time.

The now() function supports 2 arguments:

utc

Specify True to get the current time in UTC. Defaults to False.

fmt

Accepts a strftime string that returns a formatted date time string.