How do I set a variable to current time?

[wysocki]

I want to capture the current local time (as "hh:mm:ss") into a temporary variable in a macro. I've tried the action "Set temporary Variable" with a value of {eg.event.time.strftime('%X %x %Z')} but just get an error. If I set the value to {eg.event.time} I DO get a numeric string like 100343.402617 but that's not what I want.

It'd be nice to find a list of possible values for xxx in {eg.event.xxx}

[kkl]

I usually use Python commands for getting the time. Here's an example you can try:

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import time; mytime = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S"); print mytime

It'd be nice to find a list of possible values for xxx in {eg.event.xxx}

This info can be found here. However, many more values are available and you can find these in a little known section of EG. In the Help menu, select Python Shell. At the lower part of the window, look in the Namespace tab. Under eg.globals, expand eg then event and you'll find a large number of built-in eg.event.* variables.

[wysocki]

Thanks! With your help, I created a temporary variable named "nowTime" in a Python Script like this:

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import time
eg.plugins.Webserver.SetValue(u'mailOTime', time.strftime("%H:%M:%S"), False, False)

Pretty good for a beginner, eh?!
But I wonder, couldn't it be done with the Set Temporary Variable action? I don't know enough about Python and how to work with it in EG. I was thinking I could use curly braces or something in the action value to use the calculation as opposed to writing a script which called the webserver function, but I couldn't get that to work.

Also thanks for the tip on the Python Shell!

[Pako]

You can also do it this way:

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