Hello guys. I'm starting to learn the things involved in Node Red, including JavaScript and JSON. Today, using the JSONata Expression Editor in Change Node to define a message, I tried to put the optional parameters for the $now () function, according to JSONata documentation , in order to format t…

What version of Node-RED are you using? Node-RED 0.19.5 has JSONata 1.5.4 Node-RED 0.20.0-beta.4+ has JSONata 1.6.4

Just to share things, this is my (now) best solution. msg.time = new Date().toLocaleString(); return msg; in a function node.

Hi there. Is 0.19.5. @drmibell After read the tread, I finally understand. Thank you all.

Format timestamp in $now() function inside JSONata Expression Editor

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drmibell 31 January 2019 17:06 3

@jhmluna, search this discussion for "JSONata timestamp", and you will find this thread. My comments and replies from @knolleary and @dceejay will answer your question.

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Format timestamp in $now() function inside JSONata Expression Editor

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