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# pandas.Timestamp.now

classmethod Timestamp.now(tz=None)

  Return new Timestamp object representing current time local to tz.

  This method returns a new Timestamp object that represents the current time. If a timezone is provided, either through a timezone object or an IANA standard timezone identifier, the current time will be localized to that timezone. Otherwise, it returns the current local time.

  Parameters:
    tz str or timezone object, default None

      Timezone to localize to.

  See also

  `to_datetime`

    Convert argument to datetime.

  `Timestamp.utcnow`

    Return a new Timestamp representing UTC day and time.

  `Timestamp.today`

    Return the current time in the local timezone.

  Examples

      >>> pd.Timestamp.now()
      Timestamp('2020-11-16 22:06:16.378782')

  If you want a specific timezone, in this case ‘Brazil/East’:

      >>> pd.Timestamp.now('Brazil/East')
      Timestamp('2025-11-11 22:17:59.609943-03:00)

  Analogous for `pd.NaT`:

      >>> pd.NaT.now()
      NaT