Custom Expression - "Today's Date"

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I reviewed the Metabase "custom expression" documentation and could not find a solution which makes me think there isn’t one but I thought the group might be able to confirm or advise if I have overlooked something.

I am looking for a solution using custom expression to register today’s date (e.g. "NOW()" or DATE or GETDATE or TODAY, etc.). This is similar to specifying NOW() in excel. Is there a command, function, or formula exists that is supported by custom expressions in Metabase?

Thanks again, any insight is appreciated.

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Hi @TampaPilot
Currently no, but there's work being done to add it in upcoming versions:
https://github.com/metabase/metabase/issues/19274 - upvote by clicking :+1: on the first post
https://www.metabase.com/roadmap/

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Hi @flamber,

is that feature part of the rollout * Easy date comparisons Simplified comparisons over different timeframes ?

Same problem: I am naive to SQL, so would like to use a custom expression that uses a today or similar function. I would like to compare this years value (e.g. value from 2022-11-10) compared to last years value (vs. 2021-11-10), but can only do so if I state a between function with exact time frames. Makes it static, but need a dynamic solution :frowning:

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@germanprinter Sounds like you are looking for https://www.metabase.com/learn/dashboards/compare-times, which will become even easier in future versions.

Or perhaps it's just How to set date range for comparing this year and last year (to date)

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It has been added in 0.46