elasticsearch/docs/reference/query-languages/esql/_snippets/functions/examples/now.md

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**Examples**

```esql
ROW current_date = NOW()
```

| y:keyword |
| --- |
| 20 |

To retrieve logs from the last hour:

```esql
FROM sample_data
| WHERE @timestamp > NOW() - 1 hour
```

| @timestamp:date | client_ip:ip | event_duration:long | message:keyword |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |