# Getting date and time

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/getting-date-and-time/57261>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [November 20, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/getting-date-and-time/57261 "2018-11-20T12:36:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Red\_Panda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/red_panda/32/19387_2.png) [@Red\_Panda](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Red_Panda)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/getting-date-and-time/57261/1 "2018-11-20T12:36:04Z")

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We are in Thunkable Pro and there is still no possibility to get date and time. At the moment, it’s very difficult to check if it’s a new day. I need this badly

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**Author:** ![Conor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Conor](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Conor)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/getting-date-and-time/57261/2 "2018-11-20T14:39:34Z")

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According to the [Release Notes](http://docs.thunkable.com/thunkable-cross-platform/release-notes), this is coming soon

`Date and time blocks - Get the current time from the device's clock`

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**Author:** ![BlueWhaleYT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/bluewhaleyt/32/28437_2.png) [@BlueWhaleYT](https://community.thunkable.com/u/BlueWhaleYT)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/getting-date-and-time/57261/3 "2019-09-08T15:52:19Z")

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@Red_Panda,you can get the date and the time with date and time picker.  
Or you can use Device block to get current date and time.

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**Author:** ![abedo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/abedo/32/6468_2.png) [@abedo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/abedo)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/getting-date-and-time/57261/4 "2019-09-08T17:25:41Z")

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my friend if you want the date and time of user’s mobile  
[https://docs.thunkable.com/device](https://docs.thunkable.com/device)

is enough

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**Author:** ![Red\_Panda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/red_panda/32/19387_2.png) [@Red\_Panda](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Red_Panda)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/getting-date-and-time/57261/5 "2019-09-09T11:12:31Z")

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@abedo @BlueWhaleYT 10 months ago this wasn’t that easy 😉

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/getting-date-and-time/57261/6 "2024-11-08T11:52:43Z")

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