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# stri_datetime_now: Get Current Date and Time

## Description

Returns the current date and time.

## Usage

    stri_datetime_now()

## Details

The current date and time in stringi is represented as the (signed) number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. UTC leap seconds are ignored.

## Value

Returns an object of class `POSIXct`.

## Author(s)

Marek Gagolewski and other contributors

## See Also

The official online manual of stringi at https://stringi.gagolewski.com/

Gagolewski M., stringi: Fast and portable character string processing in R, Journal of Statistical Software 103(2), 2022, 1-59, doi:10.18637/jss.v103.i02

Other datetime: `stri_datetime_add()`, `stri_datetime_create()`, `stri_datetime_fields()`, `stri_datetime_format()`, `stri_datetime_fstr()`, `stri_datetime_symbols()`, `stri_timezone_get()`, `stri_timezone_info()`, `stri_timezone_list()`