now/today time Question

Technical Q&A

Topic summary

Clarification request about the time source and timezone used by the Liquid date filter when rendering {{ “now” | date: “%Y-%m-%d %H:%M” }}.

Key questions:

  • Is “now” derived from the client’s local machine time, the server time, UTC, or the store’s configured timezone?
  • How to obtain the current time specifically in AEST/AEDT (Australian Eastern Standard/Daylight Time)?

Technical note:

  • The snippet formats the current time using the date filter with the pattern YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM.

Outcome/status:

  • No answers or resolution provided in the thread.
  • It remains unclear which environment determines “now” and how to reliably output AEST/AEDT.

Unanswered items:

  • Source of timezone for “now”.
  • Recommended method to enforce AEST/AEDT in the rendered output.
Summarized with AI on December 24. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hey There,

Looking to utilise the following:

{{ “now” | date: “%Y-%m-%d %H:%M” }}

But wanted to see what is the now? Is it the local machines time or server? Is it UTC or where the store is based?

Looking to get the time of AEST/AEDT.