# Assign timestamp

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assign-timestamp/255982>\
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**Created:** [March 28, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assign-timestamp/255982 "2008-03-28T19:51:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![tpann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@tpann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpann)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assign-timestamp/255982/1 "2008-03-28T19:51:25Z")

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How do I assign the current date and time to a variable?

Thanks,  
Tim