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Temporal Functions

now()#

Returns the current date and time including the timezone.

  • parameters: no
  • result: date-time with timezone
now()// date and time("2020-07-31T14:27:30@Europe/Berlin")

today()#

Returns the current date.

  • parameters: no
  • result: date
today()// date("2020-07-31")

day of week()#

Returns the day of the week according to the Gregorian calendar. Note that it returns always the English name of the day.

  • parameters:
    • date: date/date-time
  • result: string
day of week(date("2019-09-17"))// "Tuesday"

day of year()#

Returns the Gregorian number of the day within the year.

  • parameters:
    • date: date/date-time
  • result: number
day of year(date("2019-09-17"))// 260

week of year()#

Returns the Gregorian number of the week within the year, according to ISO 8601.

  • parameters:
    • date: date/date-time
  • result: number
week of year(date("2019-09-17"))// 38

month of year()#

Returns the month of the week according to the Gregorian calendar. Note that it returns always the English name of the month.

  • parameters:
    • date: date/date-time
  • result: string
month of year(date("2019-09-17"))// "September"