The time function returns the current time in various formats.
Parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
Format
The format to be passed to SimpleDateFormat. The function supports various shorthand aliases, see below. If ommitted, the function returns the current time in milliseconds since the epoch.
No
Name of variable
The name of the variable to set.
No
If the format string is omitted, then the function returns the current time in milliseconds since the epoch. In versions of JMeter after 2.7, if the format matches "/ddd" (where ddd are decimal digits), then the function returns the current time in milliseconds divided by the value of ddd. For example, "/1000" returns the current time in seconds since the epoch. Otherwise, the current time is passed to SimpleDateFormat. The following shorthand aliases are provided:
YMD = yyyyMMdd
HMS = HHmmss
YMDHMS = yyyyMMdd-HHmmss
USER1 = whatever is in the Jmeter property time.USER1
USER2 = whatever is in the Jmeter property time.USER2
The defaults can be changed by setting the appropriate JMeter property, e.g. time.YMD=yyMMdd