# How to get app to know the date?

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-app-to-know-the-date/2453294
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [June 6, 2023, 6:55am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-app-to-know-the-date/2453294 "2023-06-06T06:55:43Z")
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### Author: ![yazwalters8szv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f4b2a3/32.png) [@yazwalters8szv](https://community.thunkable.com/u/yazwalters8szv)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2023, 6:55am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-app-to-know-the-date/2453294/1 "2023-06-06T06:55:43Z")

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I want my app to know what the real life date is without users having to input it. This is so that week to week the screen that shows initially will change.  
Thanks

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### Author: ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-app-to-know-the-date/2453294/2 "2023-06-06T07:05:49Z")

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The Devices drawer has date & time blocks. See [https://docs.thunkable.com/device#get-current-time-and-date](https://docs.thunkable.com/device#get-current-time-and-date).

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-app-to-know-the-date/2453294/3 "2023-09-04T07:06:49Z")

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