Returns the current time-date.

Syntax

@Now( flags ; serverNames )

Note The flags and serverNames parameters are new with Release 6.

Parameters

flags

Keyword or keyword list. Optional.
• [SERVERTIME] gets the time-date from the server containing the database if serverNames is not specified or from serverNames ifserverNames is specified.
• [LOCALTIMEONERROR] gets the time-date from the local computer if an error occurs getting it from a specified server.

Text or text list. Optional. A server name or a list of server names. This parameter applies when [SERVERTIME] is specified.

now

Time-date or time-date list. The current time-date of the local computer, the server containing the current database, or one or more specified servers. See the "Usage" section that follows.

@Now gets the time-date of the local computer in the following cases:

• No parameters are specified.
• [SERVERTIME] is specified, but the database is local and serverNames is not specified.
• [LOCALTIMEONERROR] is specified, serverNames is specified, and an error occurs getting the time-date from a server.

@Now gets the time-date or time-dates of one or more specified servers if [SERVERTIME] and serverNames are specified.

An error occurs if @Now cannot get the time from a server specified in serverNames and [LOCALTIMEONERROR] is not specified.

Using @Now in column or selection formulas may impact the efficiency of your application. It also causes the view refresh indicator to display constantly.

The @Now function returns the current time with one hundredths of a second precision. However, if you use @Now to specify the current time in a computed field, the hundredths of a second value is always rounded up to the next second, which can result in the current time being one second fast. You can avoid this by replacing @Now with the following formula:

timenow := @Now;

@Date(@Year(timeNow);@Month(timeNow);@Day(timeNow);@Hour(timeNow);@Minute(timeNow);@Second(timeNow))

Language cross-reference

Now function of LotusScript language

Example
See Also

Performing time-date operations
"Anatomy of a Domino e-commerce Web site (Part 2)" on the Lotus Developer Domain

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