diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7bbc71c..27deae1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Manual additions
+.idea
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/mlcrate/time.py b/mlcrate/time.py
index f481eef..c93a4d5 100644
--- a/mlcrate/time.py
+++ b/mlcrate/time.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def format_elapsed(self, key, max_fields=3):
         """Get the time elapsed in seconds, nicely formatted by format_duration()"""
         return format_duration(self.elapsed(key), max_fields)
 
-def str_time_now():
+def now():
     """Returns the current time as a string in the format 'YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS'. Useful for timestamping filenames etc."""
     return time.strftime("%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S")