# Visibility "is within now"

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/visibility-is-within-now/8846>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [May 10, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/visibility-is-within-now/8846 "2020-05-10T09:59:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![jono](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@jono](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jono)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/visibility-is-within-now/8846/1 "2020-05-10T09:59:43Z")

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hi one of the options for visibility is before or after a date/time, but there is also a “now”. does this mean current time +/- a certain value?

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/visibility-is-within-now/8846/2 "2020-05-10T12:14:10Z")

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I haven’t tested it thoroughly, but I’ve always assumed ‘within’ to be the same as an exact match, so ‘within now’ would probably only match for a second. I think ‘within’ is better suited for use with ‘today’ so it would show as a match for the entire day.

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**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/visibility-is-within-now/8846/3 "2020-05-11T04:44:50Z")

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The now feature would only be something you would want to use if the sheet is keeping the current time as well or if a specific data set is keeping current time.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/visibility-is-within-now/8846/4 "2020-05-11T22:56:57Z")

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I only use Within when comparing to Today, since it will match for the whole day. I don’t see a point in using Within when comparing to Now as it will only match for a second. However, On or Before or On or After would work great when comparing to Now. Basically Today only checks date. Now checks the Date as well as time.