Set variable to current date

[dylan-smith]

Would be nice to be able to set a variable to the current date (with a specified date format). I don't believe this is possible today (without adding a custom script task to do it)

[jessehouwing]

PR welcome :)

[DevFromDownUnder]

Bit outdated now but you can use the pipeline.startTime variable.

Example where I formatted it too
variables:
timestamp: $[format('{0:yyyyMMddHHmmss}', pipeline.startTime)]

[chuckgmthompson]

but pipeline.startTime changes per stage of the pipeline