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## Overview
In Ruby, we can use the **`Time.now` method** to get the current system time. We can also use it to create a new time object from the current system time.

## Syntax
```ruby
Time.now
```
## Parameters
This method does not take any parameters.

## Return value
The `Time.now` method returns the current system time when it is called.

## Code example


# print current time
puts Time.now

# create new time object
a = Time.now

# print result
puts a

## Code explanation
* **Line 2**: We print the current time. 
* **Line 5**: We use the `Time.now` method to create a new time object.
* **Line 8**: We print out the newly-created time object.


How to get the current time in Ruby

Use Time.now in Ruby to get the current system time without parameters. It returns a new time object.