---
title: "midnight"
description: "Returns a copy of a date with the hour, minute, second, and millisecond fields set to zero."
---

# midnight

> Returns a copy of a date with the hour, minute, second, and millisecond fields set to zero.

**This function is used by Ignition's Expression language.**
## Description
## Syntax
`midnight(date)`

- Parameters
    - Date **date** - The date to set to midnight.

- Results
    Date - The new date set to midnight.

## Code Examples
```python title="Code Snippet"
midnight(now()) //This will take the current date and set the time to midnight
```