Elixir: How to get the current date for an Ecto Query?

It is a bit of a joke that I have to ask this but it is really not clear what the best way is. So this might turn into a little rant. But I have the fealing that Elixir lacks seriously here. I find it quite complicated to get the current date to query in Ecto agains the current date. For example for something like `get me every record where date column x contains a date before t`. As of now I use Erlangs `:calendar.universal_time()`, pass that to `Ecto.DateTime.from_erl` and that again to `Ecto.Date.cast`. ``` date = :calendar.universal_time() |> Ecto.DateTime.from_erl |> Ecto.Date.cast ``` Note that we also have to pattern match the actual date, since we get back a tuple ``` {:ok, #Ecto.Date<2016-10-25>} ``` So it is ``` {:ok, date} = :calendar.universal_time() |> Ecto.DateTime.from_erl |> Ecto.Date.cast ``` Of course I could use `Ecto.Date.cast!` but that again is something you have to find out and could have some downsides I'm not aware of. Then I can build the query. But I have to call at least 3 functions everytime... ``` query = from m in Model, select: {m.name, m.email}, where: (m.canceled_to > ^date), order_by: [desc: m.inserted_at] result = Repo.all(query) ``` So is there a better way that I'm missing?