SharePoint 2013 - ItemStyle.xsl - How to get today's date

I was wondering how I can get today's date to use in customization of ItemStyle.xsl, here it is:

Put it in a variable:

<xsl:variable name="TodayDate" select="ddwrt:Today()"/>

Another example to create a span tag:

<span class="todaydate">
<xsl:value-of select="ddwrt:Today()"/>