Get Current Time Github Action
This action sets the current ISO8601 time to the time output and also provides readableTime, formattedTime, and many more digital outputs like year, day, second, etc. Useful for setting build times in subsequent steps, renaming your artifact, or keeping the same recorded time for the entire workflow.
Inputs
format
Time format to use - using MomemtJS format syntax - optional
utcOffset
UTC offset to use - using MomemtJS utcOffset syntax - optional
Outputs
time
The ISO time this action was run, not affected by the parameter utcOffset e.g. '2020-01-01T00:30:15.000Z'
ISOTime
Same as time
readableTime
Human-friendly time - affected by the parameter utcOffset e.g. 'Wed Jan 01 2020 08:30:15 GMT+0800'
formattedTime
The time this action was run - formatted using format and utcOffset inputs
year,month,day,hour,minute,second,millisecond
Digital outputs, just as names
Example usage
steps:
- name: Get current time
uses: 1466587594/get-current-time@v2
id: current-time
with:
format: YYYYMMDD-HH
utcOffset: "+08:00"
- name: Use current time
env:
TIME: "${{ steps.current-time.outputs.time }}"
R_TIME: "${{ steps.current-time.outputs.readableTime }}"
F_TIME: "${{ steps.current-time.outputs.formattedTime }}"
YEAR: "${{ steps.current-time.outputs.year }}"
DAY: "${{ steps.current-time.outputs.day }}"
run: echo $TIME $R_TIME $F_TIME $YEAR $DAY