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Date and Time ​

Shows the current Date and/or Time in a defined Timezone.

WARNING

There are only additional or changed fields described here. The service supports all fields from the base service.

Format ​

Format how to display the current Time and/or Date.

yaml
options:
  format: 'HH:mm'

Default: "HH:mm:ss, dddd, DD.MM.YYYY"

To keep Waffle leightweight it tokens are inspired by the standard Moment.js / Day.js conventions.

Click to see supported Tokens
  • Year:
    • YYYY (2026)
    • YY (26)
  • Month:
    • MMMM (January)
    • MMM (Jan)
    • MM (01-12)
    • M (1-12)
  • Day:
    • DD (01-31)
    • D (1-31)
  • Weekday:
    • dddd (Monday)
    • ddd (Mon)
  • Time (24h):
    • HH (00-23)
    • H (0-23)
  • Minute:
    • mm (00-59)
    • m (0-59)
  • Second:
    • ss (00-59)
    • s (0-59)

Time Zone ​

Set a specific timezone to display the local time for that region.

yaml
options:
  timezone: America/New_York

Default: Your system's default timezone.

Note

Waffle uses the tz database for valid timezone names (e.g., Europe/Berlin, Asia/Tokyo ).

INFO

You can overwrite the Time zone by using a description

Examples ​

Base ​

yaml
- title: Date
  type: date-and-time
  options:
    format: 'HH:mm, DD. dddd YYYY'
    timezone: Europe/Berlin

With a custom description ​

yaml
- title: Date
  type: date-and-time
  description: Current Time in New York!
  options:
    format: 'HH:mm'
    timezone: America/New_York