DateTime macro extension 'short_date'

[wols]

The DateTime macros in https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/blob/master/lib/icinga/icingaapplication.cpp are timet, long_date_time, short_date_time, date, time and uptime.

I must check NTP stats files with a "short date" suffix, eg. ntpstats.20171224.

I want a new option $icinga.short_date$ = FormatDateTime("%Y%m%d", now).
Is this a possible (christmas) option?

[gunnarbeutner]

Well, looks like Christmas came early (again) 😇:

vars.short_date = {{ DateTime().format("%Y%m%d") }}

This will take the current timestamp and format it using the format string given to format(). You can format a specific timestamp by supplying an argument to the constructor for the DateTime type.

[wols]

Thanks! This is a cool gift ;-)