Hello everyone,
I would like to suggest adding a variable that allows the current date and/or current time at the moment a text module is inserted to be used within Zammad text modules.
At the moment, existing date fields can be formatted using dt() , for example:
#{dt(ticket.updated_at, "%Y%m%d")}
However, this uses the ticket’s last update timestamp and does not necessarily represent the actual current date.
It would be useful to have something like:
#{dt(now, "%Y%m%d")}
or:
#{today}
This would allow dynamic text such as:
invoice-20260827
Other possible use cases would include date references in standard replies, document references, internal notes, or other dynamically generated text.
Ideally, the same approach could also support the current time, for example:
#{dt(now, "%Y%m%d-%H%M")}
In my view, a general now variable would be much more flexible than having to rely on ticket fields such as created_at or updated_at for this purpose.
Thank you!