Insert the time your Zap runs into a field

You can insert the time your Zap runs into any action by using the {{zap_meta_human_now}} command. This will print a human-readable date and time in the following format: MM/DD/YY hh:mmAM/PM (e.g.,01/15/21 06:05PM).

When used in a date/time field and certain text fields, this command returns a date and time based on the time zone set in your Zapier profile settings. If you have no time zone selected, it will use UTC as the default.

Machine-readable timestamps

You can use different versions of this command to ensure the correct date and time format is passed to certain apps.

{{zap_meta_utc_iso}}

This timestamp will print the date and time in a format that apps (and APIs) can easily read. This command will always output an ISO-8601 timestamp in UTC time (for example, 2021-01-15T18:07:48+00:00).

{{zap_meta_timestamp}}

This timestamp displays UNIX time. Some APIs might require a timestamp in this format instead.

Other available timestamps

There are different commands you can use to ensure the timestamp uses specific timezones in the United States:

• EST: {{zap_meta_est_iso}} ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Eastern Standard Time
• EDT: {{zap_meta_edt_iso}} ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Eastern Daylight Time
• CST: {{zap_meta_cst_iso}} ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Central Standard Time
• CDT: {{zap_meta_cdt_iso}} ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Central Daylight Time
• MST: {{zap_meta_mst_iso}} ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Mountain Standard Time
• MDT: {{zap_meta_mdt_iso}} ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Mountain Daylight Time
• PST: {{zap_meta_pst_iso}} ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Pacific Standard Time
• PDT: {{zap_meta_pdt_iso}} ISO-8601 formatted date and time in Pacific Daylight Time