lubridate (version 1.2.0)

now: The current time

Description

The current time

Usage

now(tzone = "")

Arguments

tzone

a character vector specifying which time zone you would like the current time in. tzone defaults to the system time zone set on your computer.

Value

• the current date and time as a POSIXct object

Examples

now()
now("GMT")
now() == now() # would be true if computer processed both at the same instant
now() < now() # TRUE
now() > now() # FALSE