useNow

Demo

Now: Sun Nov 02 2025 21:20:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Usage

import { useNow } from '@vueuse/core'

const now = useNow()

const { now, pause, resume } = useNow({ controls: true })

Component Usage

This function also provides a renderless component version via the @vueuse/components package. Learn more about the usage.

vue

<template>
  <UseNow v-slot="{ now, pause, resume }">
    Now: {{ now }}
    <button @click="pause()">
      Pause
    </button>
    <button @click="resume()">
      Resume
    </button>
  </UseNow>
</template>

Type Declarations

export interface UseNowOptions<Controls extends boolean> {
  /**
   * Expose more controls
   *
   * @default false
   */
  controls?: Controls
  /**
   * Start the clock immediately
   *
   * @default true
   */
  immediate?: boolean
  /**
   * Update interval in milliseconds, or use requestAnimationFrame
   *
   * @default requestAnimationFrame
   */
  interval?: "requestAnimationFrame" | number
}
/**
 * Reactive current Date instance.
 *
 * @see https://vueuse.org/useNow
 * @param options
 *
 * @__NO_SIDE_EFFECTS__
 */
export declare function useNow(options?: UseNowOptions<false>): Ref<Date>
export declare function useNow(options: UseNowOptions<true>): {
  now: Ref<Date>
} & Pausable
export type UseNowReturn = ReturnType<typeof useNow>