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title: Date and time
summary: null
url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/date-and-time
---

> **NOTE:** `now` is included here for obvious reasons even though it isn't in the `time` namespace.

- [now](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/date-and-time/now/)
- [now.sec](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/date-and-time/now-sec/)