DateTime Now (macro)
Description
Section titled “Description”The DateTime Now (macro) step reproduces the Alteryx DateTime Now packaged macro. It runs in the workflow engine; packaged-macro results are an approximation of the Alteryx macro.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”- Output Table and the Output format string.
Output Format
Section titled “Output Format”The format string uses the Alteryx DateTime tool’s tokens, and the conversion carries them over as written. Left blank, it uses the tool’s own default, day, dd Month, yyyy — for example Tuesday, 04 August, 2026.
| Token | Renders |
|---|---|
yyyy / yy |
Four- or two-digit year |
Month / Mon |
Full or abbreviated month name |
MM / M |
Month number, with or without a leading zero |
day / dy |
Full or abbreviated weekday name |
dd / d |
Day of month, with or without a leading zero |
HH / H |
Hour on a 24-hour clock, with or without a leading zero |
hh / h |
Hour on a 12-hour clock, with or without a leading zero |
mm |
Minutes |
ss |
Seconds |
tt |
AM or PM |
The tokens are case-sensitive: MM is the month, mm is the minute.