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current_date tag

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This function is deprecated!
Use now: {$smarty.now|cms_date_format}

Open anchor to this point in the page Purpose

Prints the current date and time. If no format is given, it will default to a format similar to 'Jan 01, 2004'.

Open anchor to this point in the page How to use?

Insert the tag into your template/page like:

  1. {current_date}

Open anchor to this point in the page Available parameters

  • format - Date/Time format using parameters from php's strftime function. See here for a parameter list and information.
  • ucword - If true return uppercase the first character of each word.
  • assign - Assign the results to the named smarty variable.

Open anchor to this point in the page Syntax examples

  1. {current_date format="%A %d-%b-%y %T %Z"}