How do I add the current date to a template?

[Bret Wisecarver]

I am able to add a date from the content by using

 https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf71/configuring-time-and-date-formats-979423992.html 

I am not able to get this date to show the current date, it is showing the date I choose after adding the content. Is it possible to make it default to the current date?

[Benjamin · Accepted solution]

Hi @Bret Wisecarver ... There isn't an option on cloud. There might a possibly on server or DC if you manipulate the velocity template. 

[Fabienne Gerhard]

Hi @Bret Wisecarver 

welcome to this wonderful community.

As your link is showing server link my solution may work out for you - I created a simple costumer macro which shows last date modified.

##Macro title: AUI Button
## Macro has body: N

## @noparams

$action.dateFormatter.formatDateTime($content.getLastModificationDate())

It's working fine for us.

We use it in a table with page properties and it looks like this.

Feel free to ask for more help

[Pavol Chromik]

Hello @Fabienne Gerhard ,

we had similar user macro on our instance but after migration to Confluence 7.19.8(Data Center) it stop working. We moved from 7.4.18

## Macro title: Current Time
## Macro has a body: N
## Body processing: No macro body
## Developed by: Steven Behnke
## @noparams

##https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Insert-current-date-into-Confluence-page/qaq-p/313517
##$action.dateFormatter.formatGivenString("dd-MMM-yyyy hh:mm:ss", $content.currentDate)
$action.dateFormatter.formatGivenString("dd-MMM-yyyy", $content.currentDate)

It is also not working once i tried your version

Is there some "how to" to be able to fix it on our current Confluence version?

thank you

KR, Pavol