# Passing from and to date and time to http request node

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-from-and-to-date-and-time-to-http-request-node/73045>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard\
**Created:** [2 January 2023 05:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-from-and-to-date-and-time-to-http-request-node/73045 "2023-01-02T05:59:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jhankhana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@Jhankhana](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jhankhana)\
**Post date:** [2 January 2023 05:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-from-and-to-date-and-time-to-http-request-node/73045/1 "2023-01-02T05:59:59Z")

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Hello!  
Need help!

I am trying to read value of current date and time to pass it to http request node.  
Please help me with this.

```auto
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [2 January 2023 10:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-from-and-to-date-and-time-to-http-request-node/73045/2 "2023-01-02T10:36:35Z")

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The flow you show does not appear to be attempting to pass the current date/time to a request node.

I suggest you get an example of what you want running using an inject node to inject the date/time then post that then we will understand better what you are trying to achieve.

**[Edit]** I see that the title of the thread and the description in the first post appear to be in disagreement as to what you want, so even more reason to post a working example.

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**Author:** ![E1cid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/e1cid/32/77971_2.png) [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)\
**Post date:** [2 January 2023 11:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-from-and-to-date-and-time-to-http-request-node/73045/3 "2023-01-02T11:12:50Z")

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You can pass the url to the http node using `msg.url`. So in your function, once you have your dates you can construct the url.  
e.g

```auto
msg.url = `http://example.com?from=${msg.from}&to=${msg.to}` 

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2023 11:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-from-and-to-date-and-time-to-http-request-node/73045/4 "2023-03-03T11:12:54Z")

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