Utilities
Today
Get the current date and time
The Today tool lets you select a timezone and returns the current date and time. The tool is dynamic and will always return the date and time of when the tools is run - also when the models runs on a schedule.
Configuration
There are two required inputs of the Today tool.
1
Input Column Name
The Today tool will create a new column. Use this input to name it.
2
Select Timezone
Select the timezone that you want the current date and time to be formatted in.
When To Use
The Today tool can be used for a lot of different scenarios. The Today tool is excellent whenever you need some dynamic date filtering.
- Remove all invoices with a due date before the current date to get all overdue invoices
- Use the Today tool with the Date Math tool to get all the orders of the past month
- Use the Today tool with the Date Format tool to get orders that are supposed to be deliveried the current month