# How do I get the current Date in Thunkable X?

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [January 30, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-get-the-current-date-in-thunkable-x/66850 "2019-01-30T16:23:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ronald\_Cook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ronald_cook/32/7471_2.png) [@Ronald\_Cook](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Ronald_Cook)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-get-the-current-date-in-thunkable-x/66850/1 "2019-01-30T16:23:07Z")

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How do I go about getting the current date in Thunkable X?

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**Author:** ![Kyle\_Williams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@Kyle\_Williams](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Kyle_Williams)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-get-the-current-date-in-thunkable-x/66850/2 "2019-01-30T16:30:14Z")

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From the device blocks, drop in a “current hour” or “current minute” block. Once the block is in your work area, click the arrow to the right of “minute” or “hour” and you can select “month,” “year,” “day of the month,” etc.

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**Author:** ![Ronald\_Cook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ronald_cook/32/7471_2.png) [@Ronald\_Cook](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Ronald_Cook)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-get-the-current-date-in-thunkable-x/66850/3 "2019-01-30T19:44:12Z")

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I don’t see “current hour” or “current minute” in the blocks for Thunkable x

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**Author:** ![Kyle\_Williams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@Kyle\_Williams](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Kyle_Williams)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-get-the-current-date-in-thunkable-x/66850/4 "2019-01-30T19:46:05Z")

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They should be under “Device” as seen below:

 ![deviceTime](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/8/6/86f8e5b098120fd94f35e937dd59945a37cdb0a7.png)

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**Author:** ![Ronald\_Cook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ronald_cook/32/7471_2.png) [@Ronald\_Cook](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Ronald_Cook)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-get-the-current-date-in-thunkable-x/66850/5 "2019-01-30T19:51:42Z")

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![39%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/6/c/6cb2e3003618a1e4f591faa77006295f78b3e69d.png)

 ![33%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/f/9/f9d4c760e10764cd574b9413b15dde483904fc41.png) ![25%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/5/a/5a99406cc512dfcd7c616d18b4eb13423ff18d54.png) ![16%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/8/e/8e3a72afb8ac1d8f65e185007470167668a428bf.png)

It is not there.

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**Author:** ![Ronald\_Cook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ronald_cook/32/7471_2.png) [@Ronald\_Cook](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Ronald_Cook)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-get-the-current-date-in-thunkable-x/66850/6 "2019-01-30T19:52:28Z")

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Never mind, I see it.  
Thanks

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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, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-get-the-current-date-in-thunkable-x/66850/7 "2024-11-08T12:16:23Z")

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