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Agent Skills: Timestamp

Generate deterministic timestamps in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format using bash. Use when you need timestamps for filenames, logging, or any situation requiring consistent timestamp formatting without LLM generation.

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Skill Metadata

Name
timestamp
Description
Generate deterministic timestamps in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format using bash. Use when you need timestamps for filenames, logging, or any situation requiring consistent timestamp formatting without LLM generation.

Timestamp

Overview

Generate timestamps in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format (e.g., 20251030143215) using bash date command for deterministic, reliable timestamp generation.

When to Use

  • Creating timestamped filenames or directories
  • Adding timestamps to logs or commit messages
  • Any situation requiring consistent timestamp formatting
  • When deterministic bash execution is preferred over LLM-generated timestamps

Usage

Always use the bash script to generate timestamps:

bash ./skills/timestamp/scripts/generate_timestamp.sh

Examples

Timestamped filename:

timestamp=$(bash ./skills/timestamp/scripts/generate_timestamp.sh)
echo "backup_${timestamp}.tar.gz"
# Output: backup_20251030143215.tar.gz

Timestamped directory:

timestamp=$(bash ./skills/timestamp/scripts/generate_timestamp.sh)
mkdir "logs_${timestamp}"

In file content:

timestamp=$(bash ./skills/timestamp/scripts/generate_timestamp.sh)
echo "Generated at: ${timestamp}" > output.txt

Format Specification

  • Format: YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
  • Example: 20251030143215
  • Breakdown:
    • YYYY: 4-digit year (2025)
    • MM: 2-digit month (10)
    • DD: 2-digit day (30)
    • HH: 2-digit hour, 24h format (14)
    • MM: 2-digit minute (32)
    • SS: 2-digit second (15)

Resources

scripts/generate_timestamp.sh

Executable bash script using date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S" to generate timestamps in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format.