# Now() is returning 1905 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81\ **Created:** [November 6, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/now-is-returning-1905/81568 "2023-11-06T19:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tim\_Buckner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tim\_Buckner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tim_Buckner)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/now-is-returning-1905/81568/1 "2023-11-06T19:32:23Z")
Do to an odd situation that store and forward seemed to have "locked up", I am looking to using the ignition now() function to be saved to the db. Seems pretty straight forward I put the below in an express, but instead of the current date and time I am getting 1905-07-17 00:00:00.000. Any ideas? dateFormat(now(), "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/now-is-returning-1905/81568/2 "2023-11-06T19:36:33Z")
> [@Tim\_Buckner](#): > > I am getting 1905-07-17 00:00:00.000. Where are you seeing this? In the expression editor Binding Preview? Is the clock correct on the PC? ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/now-is-returning-1905/81568/3 "2023-11-06T19:37:38Z")
Are you secretly (or not so secretly) a time traveller? 1905 is strange as it's prior to unix epoch... ~~Try capital YYYY~~. Edit: the manual says lower-case ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Buckner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tim\_Buckner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tim_Buckner)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/now-is-returning-1905/81568/4 "2023-11-06T19:40:09Z")
Clock is correct. Im not so not sure what you mean Binding Preview Im new. This is just a simple transaction with a triggered expression. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Buckner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tim\_Buckner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tim_Buckner)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/now-is-returning-1905/81568/5 "2023-11-06T19:46:40Z")
Nvm, thanks guys for trying. I accidentally left the type as int, now it works ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/now-is-returning-1905/81568/6 "2023-11-06T19:56:28Z")
Damn, so not a time traveller 😒 I thought I was going to provide you the stocks charts and we could have laughed at that Bozos guy's pittance. Next time perhaps ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/now-is-returning-1905/81568/7 "2023-11-06T20:00:58Z")
On the bright side, once you've gotten your tailfeathers plucked by something like that, it's a lot easier to troubleshoot the next time around.