# Date-time, now

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Tags:** custom-code\
**Created:** [July 30, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740 "2021-07-30T11:00:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/1 "2021-07-30T11:00:35Z")

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Hello @Mark

It is to have the option “Now” & Today for the parameters “date-time”

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/2 "2021-07-30T11:52:43Z")

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Sorry, I don’t understand. Your JavaScript code can get the current date/time itself.

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**Author:** ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/3 "2021-07-30T11:55:25Z")

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sorry for my English ☹

no, just in glide:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/c/1/c122860526a47edc104bf60e878152707e3deb57.png)

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/4 "2021-07-30T11:57:31Z")

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Sorry, I don’t understand what you’re asking for.

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/5 "2021-07-30T11:59:10Z")

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Do you mean that can there be a value that only takes the “date” part without the time?

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**Author:** ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/6 "2021-07-30T12:00:20Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/e/f/ef2039e076689a707391e827a7953e7c0b75cfa7.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/7 "2021-07-30T12:02:54Z")

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@Mark  
And another question !!

Is it possible to refresh the YC column every second or 10seconds

I made a little script to get the UTC date but I have to transmit a now to refresh every 10 seconds.

I did a test with a SetTimeOut () SetInterval but without success

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**Author:** ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/8 "2021-07-30T12:06:23Z")

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Here is the script

[https://replit.com/@ManuN2/DateUTC#function.js](https://replit.com/@ManuN2/DateUTC#function.js)

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/9 "2021-07-30T12:53:00Z")

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“The date/time at form submission” is the same as “Now”.

At the moment YC columns don’t refresh automatically. Maybe we’ll add that at some point.

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**Author:** ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/10 "2021-07-30T12:54:11Z")

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Ok good,  
thank you for your patience 🙂

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/11 "2021-07-30T13:06:38Z")

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but if you add the current time parameter to YC … it will not refresh?

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/12 "2021-07-30T13:08:19Z")

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It should.

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**Author:** ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/13 "2021-07-30T13:10:20Z")

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Yes it works  
See here :

> [@Date Time UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-utc/29742):
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> For those who are interested in dates, here is a small script to return the date and time in UTC. You must complete the Data parameters with the “The date / time at form submission” option so that the date and time update every 10 seconds.

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/14 "2021-07-30T13:10:49Z")

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thats what i was thinking… by experimenting with address… it refreshing every character was added

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**Author:** ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/15 "2021-07-30T13:13:14Z")

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Yes it refreshes when the line is modified, but I had to add a “The date / time at form submission” to have an automatic update

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/16 "2021-07-30T13:17:35Z")

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did you put from math column NOW() ? this is refreshing every 3 seconds or 5

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**Author:** ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/17 "2021-07-30T13:20:41Z")

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no, i wanted to make a simple example with a single column.  
But at home, the Math column with a Now updates every 10 seconds.

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/18 "2021-07-30T13:22:11Z")

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in free app… if i remember good, in pro i had every 3-5 sec, but i might be wrong

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/19 "2021-07-30T13:24:21Z")

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you can get a permanent adjustment from geolocation of a user  
[https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/timezone/json/?parameters](https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/timezone/json/?parameters)

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**Author:** ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740/20 "2021-07-30T13:28:09Z")

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It’s just to get the UTC system time.  
After that we can add lots of stuff

[Next page](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-now/29740.md?page=2)
