Get Local DateTime into Function Node Using moment.js
A quick example showing how to get the local date and time into a Function node using moment.js. This relies on the `GENERIC_TIMEZONE` environment variable being correctly configured (see the docs [here](https://docs.n8n.io/reference/configuration.html#timezone)). **NOTE**: In order for this to work, you must whitelist the moment library for use by setting the following environment variable: ```bash NODE_FUNCTION_ALLOW_EXTERNAL=moment ``` For convenience, the Function code is as follows: ```javascript const moment = require('moment'); let date = moment().tz($env.GENERIC_TIMEZONE); let year = date.year(); let month = date.month(); // zero-indexed! let day = date.date(); let hour = date.hours(); let minute = date.minutes(); let second = date.seconds(); let millisecond = date.millisecond(); let formatted = date.format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSS Z'); return [{ json: { utc: date, year: year, month: month, day: day, hour: hour, minute: minute, second: second, millisecond: millisecond, formatted: formatted } }]; ```
A quick example showing how to get the local date and time into a Function node using moment.js.
This relies on the GENERIC_TIMEZONE environment variable being correctly configured (see the docs here).
NOTE: In order for this to work, you must whitelist the moment library for use by setting the following environment variable:
NODE_FUNCTION_ALLOW_EXTERNAL=moment
For convenience, the Function code is as follows:
const moment = require('moment');
let date = moment().tz($env.GENERIC_TIMEZONE);
let year = date.year();
let month = date.month(); // zero-indexed!
let day = date.date();
let hour = date.hours();
let minute = date.minutes();
let second = date.seconds();
let millisecond = date.millisecond();
let formatted = date.format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSS Z');
return [{ json: { utc: date, year: year, month: month, day: day, hour: hour, minute: minute, second: second, millisecond: millisecond, formatted: formatted } }];
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