How to capture the current date/time into a eVar

[manishs40044499]

Hello All,

I want to capture and save the current date into a eVar which can be used for reporting and analysis purpose later. I can see that date/time into Adobe debugger. Could anybody please help me to capture the same into a eVar.

Also this timestamp is showing in different time zone even though I have selected my current time zone in report suite settings. Please guide me if this can also be changed to proper timezone.

Regards,

Manish

[Saurabh_Kumar1]

Hello Manish,

   One solution is to use getTimeParting plugin & you can get the time in your desired TimeZone captured in an eVar.

var tpA = s.getTimeParting('n','-7');

s.eVarX = tpA.split('|')[0]; // time at minute level

Reference documentation - getTimeParting​

Date / Date range you can always choose for the report whenever you run them in Adobe Analytics.

Regards,

Saurabh Kumar.

[EricMatisoff]

Agreed with saurabh kumar​ - time parting plugin is the way to go. I also recommend using Classifications to break it out by:

Day of Week, Month, AM v PM, Weekday vs Weekend.

We've had some customers even break it out by Business Day vs non-Business Day. This can be especially interesting for B2B companies. Enjoy!

[marion69081899]

Hello Everyone !

I've been trying to do this, but since the s.code is not accessible in my implementation, we don't know where to put the plugin.

We have tryed in a data element but the s.code is not accessible ( the error is 's not defined') .

Should we put this on the custom code part of the Tool Definition ?

We don't want to go to every rule we have an add this , so if someone knows something please some help would be appreciated !

Cheers !

[EricMatisoff]

Hi marion69081899​ - good news! There are now pre-built time parting dimensions in Analysis Workspace! So you won't even need to add this plugin. More details here:

Time-Parting Dimensions

[marion69081899]

Hello ericmatisoff​

Yes ! I they are really useful, but no minutes are being capture in those ! right ?

Cheers !

[EricMatisoff]

Minute should be available:

[Urs_Boller]

ericmatisoff​ minute is not available as dimension in tim-parting. if you look close at the screenshot, the minute is linked to one exact minute, not all the „minutes“ of all hours...

if you want minute as a dimension, you need a custom setup or eait until time-parting will deliver this information.

[marion69081899]

Hello urs.boller​

I can do the custom conf. , but I just wanted to know where would be the best place to do it. On datalement is not working, and either we put the plugin in all of our custom rules, or we do it in the tool custom code (see .PNG) . Before doing this I just wanted to know if Someone had already figured out this :

[Urs_Boller]

I can‘t help you, you need someone with programming skills  

[EricMatisoff · Accepted solution]

Here's a great start for you: DTM Examples

It will give you all the details on 'setting a global s object' which DTM does not do out of the box. You can then follow my instructions here for creating the doPlugins area:

https://www.searchdiscovery.com/blog/adobe-dtm-update-let-adobe-manage-measurement-library/

You'll want to set up time parting in doPlugins.

[marion69081899]

Hello Adobe Community !

Hello ericmatisoff​

I don't want to be negative about this, but I tried to follow the tutorial on your document, and it's very well documented,

But even this did not work. I believe there is a problem on the order of loading in the JS objects. The main issue was that the s object was "Unspecified" - and I believe that this was only true when the DTM was calling for this object - since I could use it on the console once every thing was loaded.

But it's ok , I implemented a new context data that manages to give the Date without using the s object as in :

s.getTimeParting = ....

so what id did in my Context data is this :

function addZero(i) {

    if (i < 10) {

        i = "0" + i;

    }

    return i;

}

function myTimePlugin() {

    var d = new Date();

    var h = addZero(d.getHours());

    var m = addZero(d.getMinutes());

    var s = addZero(d.getSeconds());

    var d = addZero(d.getDay());

    switch(d){

        case "01":

            d = "Monday";

            break;

        case "02":

                d = "Tuesday";

                break;

        case "03":

                d = "Wednesday";

                break;

        case "04":

                d = "Thursday";

                break;

case "05":

d = "Friday";

break;

case "06":

d = "Saturday";

break;

case "00":

d = "Sunday";

break;

}

var time2 = h + ":" + m + ":" + s + "|" + d;

return time2;

}

var myTimeStamp = myTimePlugin();

return myTimeStamp;

Sorry for the indentation !

There should be a WYSIWIG for code !

Cheers !

[EricMatisoff]

I'd highly recommend creating a global s object:

DTM Examples

[marion69081899]

EDIT to my last Comment :

Sorry, I meant DATA ELEMENT and not CONTEXT DATA !

[Elizabethes1]

I'd be glad to help you capture the current date/time into an eVar in Adobe Analytics. Here's a response combining the best aspects of previous suggestions and addressing potential time zone concerns:

Capturing Current Date/Time into an eVar:

1. JavaScript Code:

   JavaScript

   s.eVarX = new Date().toISOString(); // Capture current date/time in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ)
   

   Use code with caution.
   • Replace X with the actual eVar number you want to use (e.g., s.eVar1).
   • This code snippet captures the current date and time using new Date() and converts it to ISO 8601 format using toISOString() for consistent data handling and reporting. check here

2. Implementation:

   • Integrate this code into your web pages where you want to capture the timestamp.
   • Common options include:
     • Directly placing the code within your HTML files within a <script> tag.
     • Using a tag management system (TMS) like Adobe Launch to manage and deploy the code across your pages for pixel growth.