Macros: Time Formats

Time Format Description Example
iso8601 The full timestamp in ISO 8601 format. 2015-11-03T15:30:47.931493Z
date The date (YYYY-MM-DD). 2015-11-03
time The time. 15:30:47.931493
timestamp The full timestamp in the format YYYYMMDD-HHNNSS 20151103-153047
year The year, as four digits. 2015
month The month, as two digits. 11
day The day, as two digits. 03
hour The hour, as two digits in 24-hour format. 15
minute The minute, as two digits. 30
second The second, as two digits. 47
second_with_fractional The second and fraction of a second. 47.931493

All values are in UTC time. If you prefer to use local time (according to the settings on the Media Server host), you can add the prefix local. to any of the format strings in the preceding table. For example:

Example Macro Description Example Value
%currentTime.iso8601% Current UTC time 2015-11-03T15:30:47.931493Z
%currentTime.local.iso8601% Current local time 2015-11-03T16:30:47.931493+01:00
%currentTime.local.hour% Current local time 16

If macros are used in file paths, illegal characters such as colons are replaced with underscores.