https://github.com/plabick/remote-time-action

A lightweight tool to get the current time from a remote server. Easily get consistent timestamps for GitHub workflows in your preferred timezone and format.
https://github.com/plabick/remote-time-action

actions clock ntp-client time timestamp typescript utlity workflow

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A lightweight tool to get the current time from a remote server. Easily get consistent timestamps for GitHub workflows in your preferred timezone and format.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/plabick/remote-time-action
• Owner: Plabick
• Created: 2021-05-30T19:12:30.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-01-08T05:25:20.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-30T23:41:50.075Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: actions, clock, ntp-client, time, timestamp, typescript, utlity, workflow
• Language: TypeScript
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• Size: 270 KB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 3
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Remote Time

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A lightweight GitHub Action to get the current time from the WorldClock time server in a variety of formats. Get consistent times for status monitoring, timestamping, and more without worrying about inconsistencies between build agents. 

## Input

|Name|Description|Required?|Example|

|----|----|----|----|

|timezone|The [timezone code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_zone_abbreviations) to display the current time in. Case insensitive. Defaults to utc (+0)'|No|EST|

## Output

|Name|Description|Example|

|----|----|----|

|dateTime|The current date and time|2021-05-30T18:38-04:00|

|dayOfTheWeek|The day of the week|Saturday|

|unixTime|The Unix epoch time, the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970, rounded to the nearest second|1622410833|

|windowsTime|The Windows FILETIME timestamp, the number of 100-nanosecond intervals since the beginning of the year 1601|132668721308032423|

|ordinalDate|The current year and number of days since January 1st|2021-150|

|isDayLightSavingsTime|A boolean describing if the requested time reflects daylight savings time|false|

## Example Usage

``` yaml

- name: Get Time

  id: time

  uses: Plabick/[email protected]

  with:

    timezone: 'EST'

  

- name: Display Unix Epoch Time

  run: 'echo "${{steps.time.outputs.epochTime}}"'

```