now() function
The now() function returns the current time (UTC) or the time defined in the now option.
Function type: Date/Time
Output data type: Time
now()
Examples
Use the current UTC time as a query boundary
data
|> range(start: -10h, stop: now())
Return the now option time
option now = () => 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
now()
// Returns 2020-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z
now() vs system.time()
now() returns the current UTC time.
now() is cached at runtime, so all instances of now() in a Flux script
return the same value.
system.time() returns the current
system time of the host machine, which typically accounts for the local time zone.
This time represents the time at which system.time() it is executed, so each
instance of system.time() in a Flux script returns a unique value.
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