Django: template tag 'now'

When want to use now date or datetime in django temlpate, you can pass datetime.now() for context data.

But you can simply use now template tag. It displays the current date and/or time, using a format.

<p>
    the time is {% now "jS F Y H:i" %}
</p>

You can pass predefined ones : DATE_FORMAT, DATETIME_FORMAT, SHORT_DATE_FORMAT, SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT like this.

<p>
    it is {% now "SHORT_DATE_FORMAT" %}
</p>

Also you can use syntax like {% now 'Y' as current_year %}.

{% now "Y" as current_year %}
{% blocktrans %}Copyright {{ current_year }}{% endblocktrans %}