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Temporal functions

now()​

Returns the current date and time including the timezone.

  • parameters: no
  • result: date-time with timezone
now()
// date and time("2020-07-31T14:27:30@Europe/Berlin")

today()​

Returns the current date.

  • parameters: no
  • result: date
today()
// date("2020-07-31")

day of week()​

Returns the day of the week according to the Gregorian calendar. Note that it returns always the english name of the day.

  • parameters:
    • date: date/date-time
  • result: string
day of week(date("2019-09-17"))
// "Tuesday"

day of year()​

Returns the Gregorian number of the day within the year.

  • parameters:
    • date: date/date-time
  • result: number
day of year(date("2019-09-17"))
// 260

week of year()​

Returns the Gregorian number of the week within the year, according to ISO 8601.

  • parameters:
    • date: date/date-time
  • result: number
week of year(date("2019-09-17"))
// 38

month of year()​

Returns the month of the week according to the Gregorian calendar. Note that it returns always the english name of the month.

  • parameters:
    • date: date/date-time
  • result: string
month of year(date("2019-09-17"))
// "September"