now-ymd is a tiny Node.js utility that returns today’s date as a numeric value in the compact **(y)ymmdd** format, with an optional method to include the current time as a fractional “.HHMMSS”. It’s aimed at developers who need a quick, zero‑dependency way to embed a sortable, numeric date (and optionally time) into scripts or data pipelines, while being aware of century‑boundary overflow quirks.