The `now()` function returns the current time in the system's local time zone. The code here adds the `Z` suffix which indicates UTC time: https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/Scratch.jl/blob/df4d65620ea65816ba4c2f586d3d790db3dc99c6/src/Scratch.jl#L150 ```julia julia> using Dates julia> @show now() now(UTC); now() = DateTime("2022-07-13T09:56:50.017") now(UTC) = DateTime("2022-07-13T14:56:50.018") ```