im not using yaml, because my companie uses TFVC, so i need the classic way.
With $[pipeline.startTime] i get the starttime, but now i need it formated in this way: dd.MM.yyyy
a powershellscript like in VSO(TFS) - get current date time as variable helped me, but set the day directly in the variables would be a cleaner way
How can i set a Azure DevOps Pipeline Varible which contains the date in this Format: 25.07.2020
Since you are using the classic way, nested variables are not supported in the build pipeline. So, we could not use the variables like $(Get-Date -Format Date:MMddyy) to set the date time.
We could only set the variable like:
$[format('{0:ddMMyyyy}', pipeline.startTime)]
In this way, we could get the value 10072020, not the 10.07.2020 without .. And I could not add any interval between ddMMyyyy, it does not supported by Azure pipeline.
Besides, as workaround, we could defined the Build number format in the Options tab with value $(DayOfMonth).$(Month).$(Year:yyyy):
Then we could use variable $(Build.BuildNumber) directly to get the date time:
Hope this helps.
You can define a Azure DevOps Pipeline Variable by using expressions: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/expressions?view=azure-devops It supports .NET custom date and time format specifiers:
$[format('{0:dd}.{0:MM}.{0:yyyy}', pipeline.startTime)]