DateTimeZone.LocalNow
The computer's date and time right now, with its offset from UTC.
Group: Dates and times. Power Query M has it too: a query that uses it is written as in Power BI.
Syntax
DateTimeZone.LocalNow() as datetimezoneIt takes no parameters.
Returns
datetimezone. What the computer's clock says now, with the computer's offset.
Remarks
- The offset is the computer's: +01:00 for Oslo in winter, +02:00 in summer. A server elsewhere answers with its own.
- Each call reads the clock again;
DateTimeZone.FixedLocalNowreads it once per evaluation.
Examples
Now, with the offset
DateTimeZone.LocalNow()#datetimezone(2026, 11, 8, 15, 42, 28, 1, 0)It is a datetimezone
DateTimeZone.LocalNow() is datetimezonetrueRelated functions
DateTimeZone.FixedLocalNow, DateTimeZone.UtcNow, DateTime.LocalNow.