Hi trying to print out the `date` and `today` context in a t

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Hi trying to print out the `date` and `today` context in a task but getting None ```date = prefect context get date today = prefect context get today def get data print f date print today ```

Anna Geller · Answer

you would need to print it from a task

Wei Mei · Answer

Hi Anna I added the ` task` and reran the output in the terminal is still None

Anna Geller · Answer

try this ```from prefect import Flow task import prefect task log stdout=True def hello world date = prefect context get date today = prefect context get today print f Today today is date with Flow flow giving you some context as flow hw = hello world if name == main flow run ```

Anna Geller · Answer

should output sth like ``` 2022 03 29 23 00 26+0200 INFO prefect FlowRunner | Beginning Flow run for flow giving you some context 2022 03 29 23 00 26+0200 INFO prefect TaskRunner | Task hello world Starting task run 2022 03 29 23 00 26+0200 INFO prefect TaskRunner | Today 2022 03 29 is 2022 03 29T21 00 26 879376+00 00 2022 03 29 23 00 26+0200 INFO prefect TaskRunner | Task hello world Finished task run for task with final state Success 2022 03 29 23 00 26+0200 INFO prefect FlowRunner | Flow run SUCCESS all reference tasks succeeded```

Wei Mei · Answer

ahh there it is I understand now

Wei Mei · Answer

I am currently reviewing your blog post coming from airflow <https www prefect io blog how to make your data pipelines more dynamic using parameters in prefect >

Wei Mei · Answer

thanks