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

Examples