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Default value for @Timestamp

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  • August 18, 2016
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It would be very useful for @Timestamp function to return

@Timestamp("^Y^m^d^H^M^S") by default

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redgeographics
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The TimeStamper transformer defaults to "FME Date/time" which is in that format.


srg
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  • August 19, 2016
I would appreciate if the current system date/time can be displayed as a mouse label in the TimeStamper transformer for each of the stamp settings (variants)

 

 


fmelizard
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  • August 19, 2016

Is this refering to when you drag out @Timestamp from the side of the string editor?

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Instead of the above, we'd get @Timestamp("^Y^m^d^H^M^S") as you've suggested as the default. Seems like a reasonable request if so -- I'll check with the team.


fmelizard
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  • August 19, 2016

 

I like this idea too

fmelizard
Safer
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  • Safer
  • August 21, 2016

This has been implemented and will be in the 2017 betas next week.


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  • August 22, 2016

@daleatsafe, exactly. thanks,


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  • August 22, 2016
Will it depend on current system locale? Both Windows and Linux versions.

 

 


ciarab
Contributor
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  • August 22, 2016
This change makes me happy, it's the small things in life :)

 

 


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This has been released as part of FME 2017.0 . Visit http://www.safe.com/downloads to download it and give it a spin.


dbaldacchino1
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@Timestamp() is still supported but seems to have disappeared from the FME Feature Functions list (I assume since the implementation of Date/Time Functions). I still like it better than @DateTimeNow() because you can obtain a formatted date quicker than having to wrap it into another function (DateTimeFormat). Wouldn't it make sense to keep @Timestamp() documentation support? Just thought I'd share :)