---
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

| Type | Parameter | Description               |
|------|-----------|---------------------------|
| Date | `date`    | The date to set to midnight.|

### Returns

**Date** - A new date with the hour, minute, second, and millisecond fields set to zero.

## Examples

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