Doesn't appear to be a way to get the current date/time

[dotliquid]

Doesn't appear to be a way to get the current date/time

[tgjones]

Hi Jaben,

I've think I've found the place in the docs that you're referring to, but I'm not sure that snippet of code actually works. I've tried it locally, using Liquid, and it doesn't parse 'now' into a date. In which case, I assume it's just an oversight / bit of optimism on the part of whoever wrote that page.

If that's the case, then I'd rather keep compatibility with Liquid and leave it as it is.

Tim

[Jaben]

I see. I guess a nowdate() helper function could be added.

[dcs619]

I realize this issue is 4 years old, but the official repo now supports using 'now' or 'today' in Liquid markup: Shopify/liquid@8ca4868#diff-844406140a08cdeddd843cfbdf0222d6R183

Edit: I just needed to add the date format. {{ 'Now' | Date:'MM/dd/yy' }} gives me what I needed.

[rdumont]

Since Liquid has had this implemented for almost two years now, we really should consider also adding support to now and today.

[dcs619]

@rdumont Did you see my comment? Now and Today are supported.

[rdumont]

@dcs619 I don't think they are, not by DotLiquid. I just tested this with DotLiquid's master branch.

[canerelci]

As @rdumont says, it's not supported by master branch, I have a quick implementation of 'now' and 'nowutc' in my branch. In fact, 'now' was my reason to create a branch months ago.

'today' would also be nice but I think it will be just an alias for 'now'?

[haf]

Would indeed be nice; PR PR PR ;).

[sruthicp]

{{ 'Now' | Date:'MM/dd/yy' }}

No luck with this. I still get the 'Now' string using this.