Is there a way to get the current time in nginx?

Question

I am trying to inject the time of an nginx server into an HTTP header.

I am able to add to an HTTP header, like so:

proxy_set_header HELLO-WORLD 'something';

But now, I want to be able to inject the time into an HTTP header, something that looks like this:

proxy_set_header THE-TIME $time_var;

Or something like that.

Would that be possible?

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '12 at 21:20

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You can use variables from SSI modulе: $date_gmt and $date_local

proxy_set_header THE-TIME $date_gmt;

answered May 28 '12 at 21:20

VBart

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Hi, I want to know how to format the date here. I want it formatted as year-month like `2016-12` – Stoneboy Dec 22 '16 at 03:25
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I was able to format datetime in an nginx response: `return 200 '\n';` But no idea how to use SSI for header value. The variable $date_gmt is provided by the nginx ssi module (it's a normal nginx variable, so it can be used in a header value), but apparently cannot be formatted using ` – Messa Mar 28 '18 at 15:40
@Messa, I solved this issue like this: `` `` `` In nginx config, you can get the variable through `$arg_date` – abdulmanov.ilmir Oct 14 '19 at 10:29

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 09 '20 at 20:14

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$time_iso8601 is both machine- & human-friendly.

answered Apr 09 '20 at 20:14

Alex

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