# Including timestamp in a call service to Notify
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/including-timestamp-in-a-call-service-to-notify/57865
**Category:** General
**Created:** [6 February 2022 11:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/including-timestamp-in-a-call-service-to-notify/57865 "2022-02-06T11:07:34Z")
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### Author:  [@BerkshireBugsy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BerkshireBugsy)
#### Post date: [6 February 2022 11:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/including-timestamp-in-a-call-service-to-notify/57865/1 "2022-02-06T11:07:35Z")
First post here - I hope I get this right!
I'm running Node Red v2.2.0 on Home Assistant and when certain events happen in NR I want to use the call service function to send a notification to my mobile. This bit I have working.
BUT 🙂
I want to timestamp the message being sent out by the notify call. From my googling I have found that it may be possible by calling a node red function ([see here](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/add-a-timestamp-to-function-node/22610)) but I don't yet understand how I can include the output of this function into the call service option.
Here (See attachment) is the detail of my call service section. Can I somehow include the date and time in the output to my mobile?
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [6 February 2022 11:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/including-timestamp-in-a-call-service-to-notify/57865/2 "2022-02-06T11:19:08Z")
You can do that directly in the call service node with the JSONata expression
```auto
{"message": "GR lamp ON " & $moment().tz("Europe/London").format("DD-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss")}
```
[edit] you can also add msg vaiables the same way
eg.
```auto
{"message": "GR lamp ON " & $$.payload}
```
should add the contents of msg.payload.
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### Author:  [@BerkshireBugsy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BerkshireBugsy)
#### Post date: [6 February 2022 11:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/including-timestamp-in-a-call-service-to-notify/57865/3 "2022-02-06T11:20:11Z")
Wow ! Thank you! I'm off to play....sorry mean test!
Ta
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### Author:  [@BerkshireBugsy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BerkshireBugsy)
#### Post date: [6 February 2022 11:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/including-timestamp-in-a-call-service-to-notify/57865/4 "2022-02-06T11:30:41Z")
Thank you - it worked first time 🙂
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### Author:  [@hdehaseleer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hdehaseleer)
#### Post date: [6 February 2022 11:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/including-timestamp-in-a-call-service-to-notify/57865/5 "2022-02-06T11:46:00Z")
> [@E1cid](#):
>
> `{"message": "GR lamp ON " & $.payload}`
I can already send a normal text string by email.
I have concatenated a string message in a function. And the debug screen shows a correct string
Now I want to send the payload of the function by email
I don't find the correct syntax to send this message. This does not works
{
"title": "Temperaturen Herman",
"message": "{{msg.payload}}"
}
Nor this
{
"title": "Temperaturen Herman",
"message": "Temperaturen zijn:", $$.payload
}
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [20 February 2022 11:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/including-timestamp-in-a-call-service-to-notify/57865/6 "2022-02-20T11:46:14Z")
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