how to format date in mustache syntax with json template?

[abeerah1]

{{date.now}} provides the exact format of the date/time I am looking to achieve, but I need to generate past date/times for more sample date. {{date.past}} is formatting the date completely written out rather than yyyy-mm-dd. how can I fix this? i'm using kinesis data generator to create a json template.

[jgonggrijp]

@abeerah1 date.now and date.past are just particular objects/properties/methods in your dataset, they are not part of the Mustache language. Perhaps take your question to the maintainers of the kinesis data generator.

Very generally speaking, if date is some kind of object with now and past as methods, then the return values of those methods will be interpolated into your template. The Mustache specification however has nothing to say about what those methods will return. It's up to you to pass data into your templates that behave in a way that you like.

[abeerah1]

@jgonggrijp Here is my template so far:

[
{
    "Version": "2019-08-26",
    "AWSAccountId": "{{random.number(
        {
            "min": 123456789012345,
            "max": 23456789012345
}
)}}",

    "InstanceId": "7ed627be-486f-460d-816e-517153851070",
    "ContactId": {{random.number(
        {
            "min": 1234567890123456,
            "max": 234567890123456
}
)}},

    "CustomerName": "{{name.firstName}} {{name.lastName}}", 
    "Content": {{random.number(
        {
            "min": 1,
            "max": 4
}
)}},

    "AbsoluteTime": “{{date.past}}”

] 

I want the date to be randomly generated past date/time, but formatted like this: "2021-07-12T21:54:11.622Z"

is there anything I can add to what I have so far to accomplish this?

[jgonggrijp]

@abeerah1 I have no idea because I'm familiar with neither kinesis nor AWS. Your question doesn't seem to be directly related to the Mustache spec. I suggest you take your question to Stack Overflow, which is specifically meant for questions like these. See https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask for some tips on getting good help.

[jgonggrijp]

@spullara @Danappelxx I think this ticket can be closed.