System date in a recipe

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how can I define date in a recipe to be displayed in a template?

[root@machine ~]# date

Wed Dec 14 13:51:45 MST 2011

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Time.now.to_date.rfc2822 ? Or similar.

--AJ

On 15 December 2011 09:53, djo@dave-n-georgi.com wrote:

how can I define date in a recipe to be displayed in a template?

[root@machine ~]# date

Wed Dec 14 13:51:45 MST 2011

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Be aware that putting a date in a template will always regenerate the template and trigger any actions the resource may have.

On Dec 14, 2011, at 12:58 PM, AJ Christensen aj@junglist.gen.nz wrote:

Time.now.to_date.rfc2822 ? Or similar.

Class: DateTime (Ruby 1.9.3)

--AJ

On 15 December 2011 09:53, djo@dave-n-georgi.com wrote:

how can I define date in a recipe to be displayed in a template?

[root@machine ~]# date

Wed Dec 14 13:51:45 MST 2011