diff --git a/integration/hurl/tests_ok/function.hurl b/integration/hurl/tests_ok/function.hurl
index ca0d9fe5dde..c0603bc9dad 100644
--- a/integration/hurl/tests_ok/function.hurl
+++ b/integration/hurl/tests_ok/function.hurl
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 GET http://localhost:8000/function
 [Query]
 uuid: {{newUuid}}
+now: {{newDate}}
 HTTP 200
diff --git a/integration/hurl/tests_ok/function.py b/integration/hurl/tests_ok/function.py
index 46a326e5bae..93fe4465a21 100644
--- a/integration/hurl/tests_ok/function.py
+++ b/integration/hurl/tests_ok/function.py
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@
 def function():
     uuid_pattern = "^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$"
     assert re.match(uuid_pattern, request.args.get("uuid"))
+
+    date_pattern = "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}.[0-9]{9}"
+    assert re.match(date_pattern, request.args.get("now"))
+
     return ""
diff --git a/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.html b/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.html
index edfabfa2f01..d6624333f98 100644
--- a/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.html
+++ b/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <pre><code class="language-hurl"><span class="hurl-entry"><span class="request"><span class="line"><span class="method">GET</span> <span class="url">http://localhost:8000/hello</span></span>
 <span class="line"><span class="section-header">[Query]</span></span>
 <span class="line"><span class="string">uuid</span>: <span class="string">{{newUuid}}</span></span>
+<span class="line"><span class="string">now</span>: <span class="string">{{newDate}}</span></span>
 </span></span></code></pre>
diff --git a/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.hurl b/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.hurl
index 8b4b8f11b59..83026bd4599 100644
--- a/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.hurl
+++ b/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.hurl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 GET http://localhost:8000/hello
 [Query]
 uuid: {{newUuid}}
+now: {{newDate}}
diff --git a/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.json b/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.json
index 3e78810f2c8..a371fd136e0 100644
--- a/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.json
+++ b/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"entries":[{"request":{"method":"GET","url":"http://localhost:8000/hello","query_string_params":[{"name":"uuid","value":"{{newUuid}}"}]}}]}
+{"entries":[{"request":{"method":"GET","url":"http://localhost:8000/hello","query_string_params":[{"name":"uuid","value":"{{newUuid}}"},{"name":"now","value":"{{newDate}}"}]}}]}
diff --git a/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.lint.hurl b/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.lint.hurl
index 8b4b8f11b59..83026bd4599 100644
--- a/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.lint.hurl
+++ b/integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.lint.hurl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 GET http://localhost:8000/hello
 [Query]
 uuid: {{newUuid}}
+now: {{newDate}}
diff --git a/packages/hurl/src/runner/function.rs b/packages/hurl/src/runner/function.rs
index f08acdbf701..7a32d7c4d87 100644
--- a/packages/hurl/src/runner/function.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl/src/runner/function.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use chrono::Utc;
 /*
  * Hurl (https://hurl.dev)
  * Copyright (C) 2024 Orange
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ use crate::runner::value::Value;
 /// Evaluates the function `function`, returns a [`Value`] on success or an [`RunnerError`] .
 pub fn eval(function: &Function) -> Result<Value, RunnerError> {
     match &function {
+        Function::NewDate => {
+            let now = Utc::now();
+            Ok(Value::Date(now))
+        }
         Function::NewUuid => {
             let uuid = Uuid::new_v4();
             Ok(Value::String(uuid.to_string()))
diff --git a/packages/hurl_core/src/ast/core.rs b/packages/hurl_core/src/ast/core.rs
index 0c10e7c1467..a52d7a56deb 100644
--- a/packages/hurl_core/src/ast/core.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl_core/src/ast/core.rs
@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ pub struct Variable {
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Function {
+    NewDate,
     NewUuid,
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/hurl_core/src/ast/display.rs b/packages/hurl_core/src/ast/display.rs
index 776b153b14c..ca0f70768ab 100644
--- a/packages/hurl_core/src/ast/display.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl_core/src/ast/display.rs
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Variable {
 impl fmt::Display for Function {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
+            Function::NewDate => write!(f, "newDate"),
             Function::NewUuid => write!(f, "newUuid"),
         }
     }
diff --git a/packages/hurl_core/src/parser/function.rs b/packages/hurl_core/src/parser/function.rs
index ce0484d3191..c0ad3729b09 100644
--- a/packages/hurl_core/src/parser/function.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl_core/src/parser/function.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ pub fn parse(reader: &mut Reader) -> ParseResult<Function> {
     let function_name = reader.read_while(|c| c.is_alphanumeric() || c == '_' || c == '-');
     match function_name.as_str() {
         "newUuid" => Ok(Function::NewUuid),
+        "newDate" => Ok(Function::NewDate),
         _ => Err(ParseError::new(
             start.pos,
             true,
diff --git a/packages/hurlfmt/src/format/token.rs b/packages/hurlfmt/src/format/token.rs
index 787f72098f3..08090af6dc5 100644
--- a/packages/hurlfmt/src/format/token.rs
+++ b/packages/hurlfmt/src/format/token.rs
@@ -796,6 +796,7 @@ impl Tokenizable for Variable {
 impl Tokenizable for Function {
     fn tokenize(&self) -> Vec<Token> {
         match self {
+            Function::NewDate => vec![Token::CodeVariable("newDate".to_string())],
             Function::NewUuid => vec![Token::CodeVariable("newUuid".to_string())],
         }
     }