This is the 255th most frequent Croatian word.
danas
"Today"
In this sentence, 'danas' is used to specify that the weather being described pertains to the current day.
Danas je lijepo vrijeme.
Today the weather is nice.
Here, 'danas' is used to refer to events that took place on the same day of speaking.
Jesi li čuo što se dogodilo danas?
Did you hear what happened today?
In this example, 'danas' establishes the time frame during which the speaker’s activity is taking place.