Sorry i'm totally new to Node-Red. I find hundreds of topics to put the date/time into the file and append the file with every new protocol, but i need separate files. How can i create a file with the date and time in the name. I`ve got an lab-instrument which sends a protocol via serial port afte…

I`ve searched the forum and on google. But so far i find topics how to get a timestamp in the msg.payload or how to extract it from the the payload... But i don't want to mess with the payload that's all fine as it is, i just need a separate unique filename for every protocol-event.

I think the link that @E1cid provided with his rhetorical question could help. :grinning:

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E1cid 5 May 2023 07:47 2

Have you tried searching the forum

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