# Now

Reads the date and time from the internal clock of the vision system. The GetClock function inserts a formatted text string representing the current date and time into the spreadsheet.

## Now Inputs

Parameter | Description
Event | Specifies the update event on which to read the date and time. This parameter must be a reference a cell containing theAcquireImage or Button function.

## Now Outputs

Returns | A Time data structure containing the current date and time, or #ERR if the input Event value is invalid.
Results | The GetClock function is automatically inserted into the spreadsheet.