"now" in VCL

[Frank Gruellich]

Hi,

according to "man vcl" there is a variable "now":

   Variables
     [...]

     The following variables are always available:

     now   The current time, in seconds since the epoch.

However:

root at floor [~] $ cat foo.vcl
sub vcl_recv {
        if (now)
        {
                set req.backend = localhost;
        } else {
                set req.backend = localhost;
        }
}
root at floor [~] $ varnishd -C -f ./foo.vcl
Message from VCC-compiler:
Syntax error in condition, expected '(', '!' or variable name, found 'now'
(input Line 2 Pos 13)
        if (now)
------------###-
Running VCC-compiler failed, exit 1root at floor [~] $

Hm.  What am I doing wrong?  Or was it renamed?  Removed?

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,
-- 
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Frank Gruellich
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