From 435ebfc7435a373cdcbdc5737c16b7d4e34aaf55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexis Olson <AlexisOlson@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 18:34:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add Date.Today function

---
 Functions/Date/Date.Today.pq | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 M_Creator.py                 |  1 +
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Functions/Date/Date.Today.pq

diff --git a/Functions/Date/Date.Today.pq b/Functions/Date/Date.Today.pq
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c73bba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Functions/Date/Date.Today.pq
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+let
+    // Define metadata for the function, describing its purpose and usage.
+    metaDocumentation = type function ( ) as date meta [
+        Documentation.Name = "Date.Today",
+        Documentation.LongDescription = 
+            //This is the description of the documentation, it only accepts a handful of HTML tags for formatting.
+            "    
+                <p>Returns the current date value on the system.</p>
+                <p>This function is a shortcut for Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow())</p>
+            ",
+    Documentation.Examples = {
+        [
+            Description = "  ", 
+            Code = "Date.Today()", 
+            Result = Text.From(Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow()))
+        ]
+    }],
+    // Define the main function
+    myFunction = () as date => Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow())
+in
+    // Apply the function metadata to myFunction.
+    Value.ReplaceType(myFunction, metaDocumentation)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/M_Creator.py b/M_Creator.py
index de8a1fc..fd7f4c5 100644
--- a/M_Creator.py
+++ b/M_Creator.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
                    'bibb.pro',
                    'community.powerbi',
                    'community.fabric',
+                   'Date.Today',
                    'Documentation.Author',
                    'Documentation.Examples',
                    'Documentation.FieldCaption',