diff --git a/resources/js/helpers/datetime.ts b/resources/js/helpers/datetime.ts
index 12deb66..76dcfa8 100644
--- a/resources/js/helpers/datetime.ts
+++ b/resources/js/helpers/datetime.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { transformWithEsbuild } from "vite";
+
 export class SMDate {
     date: Date | null = null;
     dayString: string[] = ["Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat"];
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ export class SMDate {
         dateOrString: string | Date = "",
         options: { format?: string; utc?: boolean } = {}
     ) {
-        this.date = new Date();
+        this.date = null;
 
         if (typeof dateOrString === "string") {
             if (dateOrString.length > 0) {
@@ -75,6 +77,11 @@ export class SMDate {
     ): SMDate {
         const now = new Date();
 
+        if (dateString.toLowerCase() == "now") {
+            this.date = now;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         // Parse the date format to determine the order of the date components
         const order = (options.format || "dmy").toLowerCase().split("");
         options.utc = options.utc || false;
@@ -441,3 +448,5 @@ export class SMDate {
         return result;
     }
 }
+
+console.log(new SMDate("").isValid());