diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 339b4af..065bda0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,5 +17,10 @@ npm i greenwich
 ## Usage
 
 ```ts
-import { timeParse, timeAdd } from 'greenwich';
+import { timeNow, timeSpanCreate, timeToISOString } from 'greenwich';
+
+const t0 = timeNow();
+const t1 = timeAdd(t0, timeSpanCreate({ days: 10 }));
+
+console.log(timeToISOString(t1));
 ```
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c305c4..67ee78f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "greenwich",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "description": "TypeScript date and time utility library.",
   "author": "Mark Murray",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/__tests__/time-now.test.ts b/src/__tests__/time-now.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad1cad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/time-now.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { timeCompare, timeNow } from '..';
+
+test('can get current time', async () => {
+  const t1 = timeNow();
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
+  const t2 = timeNow();
+
+  expect(timeCompare(t1, t2)).toEqual(-1);
+});
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 0c9a694..7e60730 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ export * from './aggregate';
 export * from './compare';
 export * from './difference';
 export * from './format';
+export * from './now';
 export * from './parse';
 export * from './time';
 export * from './truncate';
diff --git a/src/now.ts b/src/now.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c55157c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/now.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { timeCreate } from './time';
+import { Time } from './types';
+
+export const timeNow = (): Time => {
+  const date = new Date();
+
+  return timeCreate({
+    year: date.getUTCFullYear(),
+    month: date.getUTCMonth() + 1,
+    day: date.getUTCDate(),
+    hour: date.getUTCHours(),
+    minute: date.getUTCMinutes(),
+    second: date.getUTCSeconds(),
+    millisecond: date.getUTCMilliseconds(),
+  });
+};