How to generate unix timestamp in Azure ARM Template

Question

I am creating an ARM template to provision keyvault and it's secrets. I want to generate unix timestamp inside template and supply to nbf and exp attributes which only take integers. Can't find much pointers on this.

i am referring to microsoft documentation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/templates/microsoft.keyvault/vaults/secrets

If no solution in ARM template then i need to use powershell to generate and pass it to template which i may not prefer unless there is no other option.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '18 at 13:12

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There is no way to generate those with ARM templates. arm templates do not have a way to work with date\time

answered Oct 12 '18 at 13:12

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Powershell is the only way to go. – Venkata Dorisala Oct 15 '18 at 13:39

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 17 '22 at 20:45

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There is now a function available to generate Unix-style timestamps from an ISO-8601 format.

dateTimeToEpoch('2022-11-17T09:54:13Z')

answered Nov 17 '22 at 20:45

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score -1 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 01 '19 at 10:05

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Use utcNow() function to get Date/Time during deployment time. Note you can use it only in parameter's default value:

"parameters" : {
    "todayUtc": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "[utcNow('yyyy-MM-dd')]"
    }
}

See: docs

edited Oct 01 '19 at 10:05

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answered Oct 01 '19 at 05:27

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keyvault secrets resource need an int value, not string. – InsaneRabbit Aug 26 '20 at 03:24

How to generate unix timestamp in Azure ARM Template

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