From ce50e3b52251ca31cf0d8f9086137e9d223d4a48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nishanth Shanmugham <nishanths@utexas.edu>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 19:50:46 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] tpl: Add now function

Add a now template function that returns the current time as time.Time.
Also, update related docs.
---
 content/templates/functions.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/templates/functions.md b/content/templates/functions.md
index 23bf2a769..10be0f7de 100644
--- a/content/templates/functions.md
+++ b/content/templates/functions.md
@@ -804,6 +804,10 @@ For more information about string translations, see [Translation of strings]({{<
 * `{{ (time "2016-05-28").YearDay }}` → 149
 * `{{ mul 1000 (time "2016-05-28T10:30:00.00+10:00").Unix }}` → 1464395400000 (Unix time in milliseconds)
 
+### now
+
+`now` returns the current local time as a [`time.Time`](https://godoc.org/time#Time).
+
 ## URLs
 ### absLangURL, relLangURL
 These are similar to the `absURL` and `relURL` relatives below, but will add the correct language prefix when the site is configured with more than one language.