Can the variable defined support current timestamp?

[kenspirit]

It's better if variable can be defined as current timestamp with specific format. It would be great if support derived datetime from the current timestamp.

[jeffpeiyt]

Hi, could u elaborate? If you are using the REST API, you can define any value to replace the variable. u can put the timestamp or anything for sure.

[kenspirit]

How can I obtain the current system timestamp? Function like SYSDATE or SYSTIMESTAMP in SQL. And possibly format the time to specific format like YYYYMMDD

On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Yuanteng (Jeff) Pei < notifications@github.com> wrote:

Hi, could u elaborate? If you are using the REST API, you can define any value to replace the variable. u can put the timestamp or anything for sure.

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/eBay/restcommander/issues/8#issuecomment-37616336 .

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Ken Chen

[jeffpeiyt]

if you are using rest client or rest API, you can generate that timestamp string and put it in your rest call.

Here is a python rest client: http://www.restcommander.com/monitoring-sample.html

we also have a java rest client to be published too

http://www.restcommander.com/usecase.html#usecase-different-servers

"map":{ "APIVARREPLACE_TIME_STAMP":"20140310" }

[jeffpeiyt]

closed as for now. can be reopened if there are further discussions