Global variable "now" (alias for block.timestamp).

libsolidity/ExpressionCompiler.cpp

@@ -825,10 +825,20 @@ void ExpressionCompiler::endVisit(Identifier const& _identifier)
 	Declaration const* declaration = _identifier.getReferencedDeclaration();
 	if (MagicVariableDeclaration const* magicVar = dynamic_cast<MagicVariableDeclaration const*>(declaration))
 	{
-		if (magicVar->getType()->getCategory() == Type::Category::Contract)
+		switch (magicVar->getType()->getCategory())
+		{
+		case Type::Category::Contract:
 			// "this" or "super"
 			if (!dynamic_cast<ContractType const&>(*magicVar->getType()).isSuper())
 				m_context << eth::Instruction::ADDRESS;
+			break;
+		case Type::Category::Integer:
+			// "now"
+			m_context << eth::Instruction::TIMESTAMP;
+			break;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 	else if (FunctionDefinition const* functionDef = dynamic_cast<FunctionDefinition const*>(declaration))
 		m_context << m_context.getVirtualFunctionEntryLabel(*functionDef).pushTag();

libsolidity/GlobalContext.cpp

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ GlobalContext::GlobalContext():
 m_magicVariables(vector<shared_ptr<MagicVariableDeclaration const>>{make_shared<MagicVariableDeclaration>("block", make_shared<MagicType>(MagicType::Kind::Block)),
 					make_shared<MagicVariableDeclaration>("msg", make_shared<MagicType>(MagicType::Kind::Message)),
 					make_shared<MagicVariableDeclaration>("tx", make_shared<MagicType>(MagicType::Kind::Transaction)),
+					make_shared<MagicVariableDeclaration>("now", make_shared<IntegerType>(256)),
 					make_shared<MagicVariableDeclaration>("suicide",
 							make_shared<FunctionType>(strings{"address"}, strings{}, FunctionType::Location::Suicide)),
 					make_shared<MagicVariableDeclaration>("sha3",

test/SolidityEndToEndTest.cpp

@@ -1031,6 +1031,17 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(blockchain)
 	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunctionWithValue("someInfo()", 28) == encodeArgs(28, 0, 1));
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(now)
+{
+	char const* sourceCode = "contract test {\n"
+							 "  function someInfo() returns (bool success) {\n"
+							 "    return block.timestamp == now && now > 0;\n"
+							 "  }\n"
+							 "}\n";
+	compileAndRun(sourceCode);
+	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("someInfo()") == encodeArgs(true));
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(function_types)
 {
 	char const* sourceCode = "contract test {\n"