Insert the time your Zap runs into a field

In Zapier, you can insert the time your Zap runs into a field in an action. The most common way to include this timestamp is to enter {{zap_meta_human_now}} in a field. This will print a human-readable string in MM/DD/YY hh:mmAM/PM format (for example,07/15/19 06:05PM).

When used in a date-formatted field and certain text fields, this will return a date/time stamp from the time zone set in your Zapier profile settings. If you have no time zone picked, it defaults to UTC.

Other time stamps

If you need a machine-readable string, e.g., for the Google Calendar Create Event action, you should use one of the following:

{{zap_meta_utc_iso}}

This command is similar to the standard string, but it will print the date/time in a format that other machines (and APIs) can read. This command won't consider the time zone set in your profile settings, and will output an ISO-8601 time stamp in UTC time (for example, 2016-07-15T18:07:48+00:00).

{{zap_meta_timestamp}}

This time stamp is in UNIX time, as some APIs might require a timestamp in this format instead.

Other available time stamps

• {{zap_meta_est_iso}} is in ISO-8601 format for Eastern Standard Time (EST)
• {{zap_meta_edt_iso}} is for Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
• {{zap_meta_cst_iso}} is CST
• {{zap_meta_cdt_iso}} is CDT
• {{zap_meta_mst_iso}} is MST
• {{zap_meta_mdt_iso}} is MDT
• {{zap_meta_pst_iso}} is PST
• {{zap_meta_pdt_iso}} is PDT