How can I get the current date as a formatted string in a User Macro?

[Jeremiah Dost]

I am trying to get the current date for a user macro. I've tried using various utilities that documentation seems to indicate will be available, but to no avail. These include Java's, VTL's, and Confluence specific VTL context (https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-objects-accessible-from-velocity/). 

For example, I'd expect to be able to do something like this:

#set ($dateString = $date.get('yyyy-MM-dd') )

[Sayed Bares [ServiceRocket] · Accepted solution]

@Jeremiah Dost can you give this a try:

#set ($dateString = $action.dateFormatter.formatGivenString("yyyy-MM-dd",$content.currentDate))

[Jeremiah Dost]

I ended up finding a solution later last night where I used a Calendar in conjunction with the .formatGivenString() method you have here.

#set ($today = $action.dateFormatter.formatGivenString("yyyy-MM-dd", $action.dateFormatter.getCalendar().getTime()) )

I don't see a currentDate field in the documentation for the ContentEntityObject (https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/6.6.0/index.html?com/atlassian/confluence/core/ContentEntityObject.html), but I'll give it a try.

[Jeremiah Dost]

That worked! Thank you, Sayed.