Right now. The current date and time.
| 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 the merge tag picker offers on this tag.
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. | GravityView 2.30 or later |
no_tz_offset | Skip the timezone offset. Formats the stored value without shifting it into the site timezone. Beats the default branch, so it is a rendering choice rather than a flag. | GravityView 2.33 or later |
raw | Raw stored date. | GravityView 2.30 or later |
timestamp | Unix timestamp. Also switches the relative-date tags to UTC rather than site-local time. | GravityView 2.30 or later |
Change the output
| Modifier | Description | Requires |
|---|
format | Custom date format. A PHP date() format string. Attached with a colon and consumes the rest of the modifier string, so it must come last; escape a literal colon as \:. | GravityView 2.30 or later |
Other settings
| Modifier | Description | Requires |
|---|
time | Include the time. | GravityView 2.30 or later |
Examples
Rendered by real Gravity Forms and GravityKit PHP against 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} | 5 hours 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 |