Why:
The built-in evaluates in ISO8601 format which has characters that may not be desired or not be supported for filename use by the host operating system (e.g. ':' not supported in filenames on Windows OS)
Results in:
Example 1: Assign a unique value to a filename output
Example file output:
Use a pipeline to populate the metadata with the desired date format:
Transform - "SetMetadataDateTime"
//assign the built-in system date object
const date = System.Internal.DateTime;
//call method for the ISO string
const filenameSafeDateTimeISO = date.toISOString().replace(/[:.-]/g, "_");
//call method for the Unix timestamp value
const filenameSafeDateTimeUnix = date.getTime();
//assign values to metadata
stage.setMetadata("dt_iso",filenameSafeDateTimeISO);
stage.setMetadata("dt_unix",filenameSafeDateTimeUnix);
Write New - "WriteToFile"
Notes:
Using the reference directly in the File Name of the File Output is not supported.
Results in:
