---
title: now()
framework: dispatch
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Method
path: dispatch/dispatchwalltime/now()
---

# now()

Returns the current time.

## Declaration

```swift
static func now() -> DispatchWallTime
```

## See Also

### Getting Well-Known Times

- [distantFuture](dispatch/dispatchwalltime/distantfuture.md)