Right now. The current date and time.
On the test entry, {now} gives January 15, 2026.
| Product | GravityView |
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| Requires | GravityView 2.30 or later |
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| Needs an entry | No |
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Modifiers
What to show
| Modifier | Description | Requires |
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diff | Time difference from now. Renders "3 days ago" for past dates and "3 days from now" for future ones. Before GravityView 3.5 it was off by the site's time-zone offset. | GravityView 2.30 or later |
no_tz_offset | Skip the timezone offset. Returns UTC from GravityView 3.4. Earlier versions returned the wrong time. | GravityView 2.33 or later |
raw | Raw stored date. | GravityView 2.30 or later |
timestamp | Unix timestamp. On these tags, the timestamp is the site's local time shifted by its time-zone offset, not a true UTC timestamp (unlike {today:timestamp}). | GravityView 2.30 or later |
Change the output
| Modifier | Description | Requires |
|---|
format | Custom date format. A PHP date() format. Everything after format: is the format, so put it last. Write a colon as \:. See PHP's table of date format letters. A comma needs no backslash here; \, also works. | GravityView 2.30 or later |
Other settings
| Modifier | Description | Requires |
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time | Include the time. | GravityView 2.30 or later |
Examples
Output from the real plugin code, run on a test entry.
| Merge tag | Output |
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{now} | January 15, 2026 |
With a modifier
| Merge tag | Output | Without the modifier |
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{now:raw} | 2026-01-15 09:00:00 | January 15, 2026 |
{now:timestamp} | 1768449600 | January 15, 2026 |
{now:diff} | 1 second from now | January 15, 2026 |
{now:time} | January 15, 2026 at 4:00 am | January 15, 2026 |
{now:format:Y-m-d} | 2026-01-15 | January 15, 2026 |