luatz/init: Add `now()` function

diff --git a/doc/index.md b/doc/index.md
index 2b7872dc0e6e2a5f6171c197d6705803daba1038..e0ece6af8fe8592e50e65b5263c2ad14c72c853e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/index.md
+++ b/doc/index.md
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ The table includes the following sub modules, which have their own documentation
 Returns the current unix timestamp using the most precise source available.
 See `gettime` for more information.
 
+### `now ( )`
+
+Returns the current time as a timetable object
+See `timetable` for more information
+
 
 ### `get_tz ( [timezone_name] )`
 

diff --git a/luatz/init.lua b/luatz/init.lua
index 923e4d6047fc1273b6b2614aaf5dac2b738a026e..1a6c83533c99a7c1c6274aca03d29352e69ef8db 100644 (file)
--- a/luatz/init.lua
+++ b/luatz/init.lua
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ _M.time_in = function ( tz , now )
        return _M.get_tz ( tz ):localize ( now )
 end
 
+_M.now = function ( )
+       local ts = _M.gettime.gettime ( )
+       return _M.timetable.new_from_timestamp ( ts )
+end
+
 --- C-like functions
 
 _M.gmtime = function ( ts )