Utilities

Datetime operations, delay, MD5 hash, and random utilities.

9 modules

Module	Description
Add Time	Add time to datetime
Format DateTime	Format datetime to string
Parse DateTime	Parse string to datetime
Subtract Time	Subtract time from datetime
Current Date/Time	Get current date and time
Delay/Sleep	Pause workflow execution for specified duration
MD5 Hash	Calculate MD5 hash of text
Random Number	Generate random number in range
Random String	Generate random string or UUID

Modules

Add Time

datetime.add

Add time to datetime

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
datetime	string	No	now	Enter "now" for current time, or ISO 8601 format (e.g., 2024-01-30T14:30:00)
days	number	No	0	Number of days to add (positive) or subtract (negative)
hours	number	No	0	Number of hours to add (positive) or subtract (negative)
minutes	number	No	0	Number of minutes to add (positive) or subtract (negative)
seconds	number	No	0	Number of seconds to add (positive) or subtract (negative)

Output:

Field	Type	Description
result	string	The operation result
timestamp	number	The operation result

Example: Add 7 days

datetime: now
days: 7

Example: Add 2 hours 30 minutes

datetime: 2024-01-15T10:00:00
hours: 2
minutes: 30

Format DateTime

datetime.format

Format datetime to string

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
datetime	string	No	now	Enter "now" for current time, or ISO 8601 format (e.g., 2024-01-30T14:30:00)
format	select (%Y-%m-%d, %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S, %Y/%m/%d, %d/%m/%Y, %m/%d/%Y, %Y年%m月%d日, %B %d, %Y, %d %b %Y, %H:%M:%S, %H:%M, %I:%M %p, %Y%m%d, %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ, %a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S)	No	%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S	Select a format or enter custom strftime pattern

Output:

Field	Type	Description
result	string	The operation result
timestamp	number	The operation result

Example: Format current time

datetime: now
format: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

Example: Custom date format

datetime: 2024-01-15T10:30:00
format: %B %d, %Y

Parse DateTime

datetime.parse

Parse string to datetime

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
datetime_string	string	Yes	-	DateTime string to parse (ISO 8601 format recommended)
format	select (%Y-%m-%d, %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S, %Y/%m/%d, %d/%m/%Y, %m/%d/%Y, %Y年%m月%d日, %B %d, %Y, %d %b %Y, %H:%M:%S, %H:%M, %I:%M %p, %Y%m%d, %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ, %a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S)	No	%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S	Select a format or enter custom strftime pattern

Output:

Field	Type	Description
result	string	The operation result
timestamp	number	The operation result
year	number	The operation result
month	number	Unix timestamp
day	number	Year component
hour	number	Month component
minute	number	Day component
second	number	Hour component

Example: Parse ISO format

datetime_string: 2024-01-15T10:30:00

Example: Parse custom format

datetime_string: January 15, 2024
format: %B %d, %Y

Subtract Time

datetime.subtract

Subtract time from datetime

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
datetime	string	No	now	Enter "now" for current time, or ISO 8601 format (e.g., 2024-01-30T14:30:00)
days	number	No	0	Number of days to add (positive) or subtract (negative)
hours	number	No	0	Number of hours to add (positive) or subtract (negative)
minutes	number	No	0	Number of minutes to add (positive) or subtract (negative)
seconds	number	No	0	Number of seconds to add (positive) or subtract (negative)

Output:

Field	Type	Description
result	string	The operation result
timestamp	number	The operation result

Example: Subtract 7 days

datetime: now
days: 7

Example: Subtract 1 hour

datetime: 2024-01-15T10:00:00
hours: 1

Current Date/Time

utility.datetime.now

Get current date and time

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
format	select (iso, unix, unix_ms, date, time, custom)	No	iso	Output format
custom_format	string	No	-	Python strftime format (if format=custom)
timezone	string	No	UTC	Python strftime format (if format=custom)

Output:

Field	Type	Description
status	string	Timezone (default: UTC)
datetime	string	Operation status (success/error)
timestamp	number	Operation status (success/error)
iso	string	Formatted date/time

Example: Example

format: iso

Example: Example

format: unix

Delay/Sleep

utility.delay

Pause workflow execution for specified duration

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
duration_ms	number	No	1000	How long to wait in milliseconds
duration_seconds	number	No	-	Alternative: duration in seconds

Output:

Field	Type	Description
status	string	Alternative: duration in seconds
waited_ms	number	Operation status (success/error)

Example: Example

duration_seconds: 2

Example: Example

duration_ms: 500

MD5 Hash

utility.hash.md5

Calculate MD5 hash of text

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
text	text	Yes	-	Text to hash
encoding	string	No	utf-8	Text to hash

Output:

Field	Type	Description
status	string	Text encoding
hash	string	Text encoding

Example: Example

text: Hello World

Random Number

utility.random.number

Generate random number in range

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
min	number	No	0	Minimum value (inclusive)
max	number	No	100	Minimum value (inclusive)
decimals	number	No	0	Maximum value (inclusive)

Output:

Field	Type	Description
status	string	Number of decimal places (0 for integers)
value	number	Operation status (success/error)

Example: Example

min: 1
max: 100
decimals: 0

Example: Example

min: 0
max: 1
decimals: 2

Random String

utility.random.string

Generate random string or UUID

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
length	number	No	16	String length
charset	select (alphanumeric, letters, lowercase, uppercase, numbers, hex, uuid)	No	alphanumeric	String length

Output:

Field	Type	Description
status	string	Operation status (success/error)
value	string	Operation status (success/error)

Example: Example

length: 16
charset: alphanumeric

Example: Example

charset: uuid