Date & Time with Luxon in n8n
From the n8n cheat sheet · Expression Syntax · verified Jul 2026
Date & Time with Luxon
Built-in date/time manipulation using Luxon
javascript
# Current Time
{{ $now.toISO() }} // 2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z
{{ $now.toFormat('yyyy-MM-dd') }} // 2024-01-15
{{ $today.toISO() }} // Midnight today
# Date Arithmetic
{{ $now.plus({ days: 7 }).toISO() }} // 7 days from now
{{ $now.minus({ hours: 2 }) }} // 2 hours ago
# Parsing & Formatting
{{ '2024-01-15'.toDateTime('yyyy-MM-dd') }}
{{ $now.toFormat('MMMM dd, yyyy') }} // January 15, 2024
{{ $now.toRelative() }} // "2 hours ago"⚡ $now and $today are Luxon DateTime objects
💡 Use .plus() and .minus() for date arithmetic
📌 .toFormat() accepts custom format strings
🎯 Chain methods: $now.plus({days:7}).toFormat("yyyy-MM-dd")