---
title: today() function
description: >
The `today()` function returns the `now()` timestamp truncated to the day unit.
menu:
flux_0_x_ref:
name: today
parent: universe
weight: 102
aliases:
- /influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/built-in/misc/today/
- /influxdb/cloud/reference/flux/stdlib/built-in/misc/today/
related:
- /flux/v0.x/stdlib/universe/now/
- /flux/v0.x/stdlib/date/truncate/
- /flux/v0.x/stdlib/system/time/
flux/v0.x/tags: [date/time]
introduced: 0.116.0
```js
today()
```
## Examples
##### Return a timestamp representing today
option now = () => 2021-01-01T13:45:28Z
// Returns 2021-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z
##### Query data from today
from(bucket: "example-bucket")
|> range(start: today())