Dates: Get current date

Use this action to save the current date to a field.

Use case

The primary use case for this action is to record when a task or action completes. If you want to record the date each time a Tables: Add a row action completes, set the Add a row action to begin directly after the Get current date action to grab the current date right before the task completes

How to configure this action

Fields for this action

• Timezone Identifier

  • The timezone identifier based on location. In the case when one timezone is a day ahead or behind, this will ensure the correct date is returned.
    • For example, America/Chicago would represent US Central Time
    • You can browse our list of valid timezone identifiers

• Return Field Name

  • The name of the field in which the result should be saved. The step name is used by default.

What will this output?

The name of the output field for this action will be the Return Field Name defined during configuration.

Output fields for this action

• Return Field Name

  • This field will store the current date in YYYY-MM-DD format.