Custom tool: Get current Date / Time

[yavisht]

Sharing a custom tool that can grab the current day, date, time as per a specific timezone. Here's how it works with setup instructions. What custom tool would you like to make? Let me know if you plan to use this for your next project!

The function

// Define the desired time zone
const timeZone = 'Australia/Sydney';

// Define an options object to format the date and time
const options = {
    timeZone: timeZone,   // Set the time zone
    year: 'numeric',       // Display the year as a number
    month: 'long',         // Display the full month name
    day: 'numeric',        // Display the day of the month as a number
    weekday: 'long',      // Display the full weekday name
    hour: '2-digit',       // Display the hour in 2-digit format (00-23)
    minute: '2-digit',     // Display the minute in 2-digit format (00-59)
    second: '2-digit',     // Display the second in 2-digit format (00-59)
    hour12: true           // Use 12-hour time format (AM/PM)
};

// Create a new Date object representing the current date and time
const today = new Date();

// Format the current date and time according to the options and locale 'en-GB'
const formattedDate = today.toLocaleString('en-GB', options);

// Create a result object containing the formatted date and the time zone
const result = {
    "formattedDate": formattedDate, // Store the formatted date and time
    "timezone": timeZone           // Store the specified time zone
};

// Return the result object as a JSON string
return JSON.stringify(result);

Save the json export below and load file

{
  "name": "todays_date_time",
  "description": "Useful to get todays day, date and time.",
  "color": "linear-gradient(rgb(117,118,129), rgb(230,10,250))",
  "iconSrc": "",
  "schema": "[]",
  "func": "const timeZone = 'Australia/Sydney';\nconst options = {\n    timeZone: timeZone,\n    year: 'numeric',\n    month: 'long',\n    day: 'numeric',\n    weekday: 'long',\n    hour: '2-digit',\n    minute: '2-digit',\n    second: '2-digit',\n    hour12: true\n};\nconst today = new Date();\nconst formattedDate = today.toLocaleString('en-GB', options);\nconst result = {\n    \"formattedDate\": formattedDate,\n    \"timezone\": timeZone\n};\nreturn JSON.stringify(result);\n"
}

Set it up with a function agent:

Results:

[HenryHengZJ]

This is super awesome!! Wish more contribution like this! Do you want to open a PR for merging this tool into the marketplace section?

[yavisht]

Thanks @HenryHengZJ I will open a PR shortly 👍

[yavisht]

@HenryHengZJ added it here -> #861

[Makande1982]

Thanks!

[Dubple]

Thanks so much! Awesome work

[boogiemanders]

how do i "save the json export below and load file"?

[yavisht]

@boogiemanders that json may be outdated but the tool is now available in Flowise (See screenshot below)