Now

The Now function returns the current date and time according to the local computer settings. When writing ASP, this time is taken from the machine that the script is running on which is usually the web server serving the page.

Unlike the Date function which returns the current date, the Now function returns and date and time as a single variable. You can format this date using the FormatDateTime function or you can extract portions of the date using the DatePart function.

As a shortcut for the DatePart function, ASP also provides the handy functions: Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute and Seconds.