# Now() vs Today()

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/now-vs-today/2106>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [October 6, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/now-vs-today/2106 "2021-10-06T20:27:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![v3j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f07891/32.png) [@v3j](https://community.fibery.io/u/v3j)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/now-vs-today/2106/1 "2021-10-06T20:27:20Z")

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I discovered that I had to use Now() instead of Today(). Just sharing this here as I don’t see yet search results for Now() here in discourse 🙂

> `Today()` returns a UTC date (with no time value). As [DateTime field] is of the type date-time, we convert `Today()` to a date-time value, setting the time as the beginning of the day in UTC. You will see 02:00 in the UI because you’re in the GMT+2 timezone. In this particular case, it might be better to use the `Now()` function instead.

[https://help.fibery.io/en/articles/5499837-timezones](https://help.fibery.io/en/articles/5499837-timezones)

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Feger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/nathan_feger/32/8331_2.png) [@Nathan\_Feger](https://community.fibery.io/u/Nathan_Feger)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/now-vs-today/2106/2 "2023-12-14T14:54:15Z")

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I no longer see Now() as a function when I try to build a formula

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**Author:** ![mdubakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/mdubakov/32/10_2.png) [@mdubakov](https://community.fibery.io/u/mdubakov)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/now-vs-today/2106/3 "2023-12-14T14:55:20Z")

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Now() exists in Automations only, for Formula Now is not very clear.

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**Author:** ![helloitse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/helloitse/32/498_2.png) [@helloitse](https://community.fibery.io/u/helloitse)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/now-vs-today/2106/4 "2025-01-17T20:47:32Z")

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I’m quite used to this nuance in many platforms. I think the latest changes to date pickers makes a great case for why we need now vs today.  
Example:  
I needed to filter my tasks based on creation date which used to work by selecting today but now, I need to choose the date range.