You can insert the time your Zap runs into any action by using the {{zap_meta_human_now}} command. This will print a human-readable date and time in the following format: MM/DD/YY hh:mmAM/PM(e.g.,01/15/21 06:05PM).
When used in a date/time field and certain text fields, this command returns a date and time based on the time zone set in your Zapier profile settings. If you have no time zone selected, it will use UTC as the default.
Machine-readable timestamps
You can use different versions of this command to ensure the correct date and time format is passed to certain apps.
{{zap_meta_utc_iso}}
This timestamp will print the date and time in a format that apps (and APIs) can easily read. This command will always output an ISO-8601 timestamp in UTC time (for example, 2021-01-15T18:07:48+00:00).
{{zap_meta_timestamp}}
This timestamp displays UNIX time. Some APIs might require a timestamp in this format instead.
Other available timestamps
There are different commands you can use to ensure the timestamp uses specific timezones in the United States:
- EST:
{{zap_meta_est_iso}}ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Eastern Standard Time - EDT:
{{zap_meta_edt_iso}}ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Eastern Daylight Time - CST:
{{zap_meta_cst_iso}}ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Central Standard Time - CDT:
{{zap_meta_cdt_iso}}ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Central Daylight Time - MST:
{{zap_meta_mst_iso}}ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Mountain Standard Time - MDT:
{{zap_meta_mdt_iso}}ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Mountain Daylight Time - PST:
{{zap_meta_pst_iso}}ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Pacific Standard Time - PDT:
{{zap_meta_pdt_iso}}ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Pacific Daylight Time
