# bson_append_now_utc()

## Synopsis

    bool
    bson_append_now_utc (bson_t *bson, const char *key, int key_length);

## Parameters

- `bson`: A bson_t.

- `key`: An ASCII C string containing the name of the field.

- `key_length`: The length of `key` in bytes, or -1 to determine the length with `strlen()`.

## Description

The bson_append_now_utc() function is a helper to get the current date and time in UTC and append it to `bson` as a BSON_TYPE_DATE_TIME element.

This function calls bson_append_date_time() internally.

## Returns

Returns `true` if the operation was applied successfully. The function will fail if appending the value grows `bson` larger than INT32_MAX.