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Date time now (Date time format)
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    Helping with starting a workflow with date and date time format.


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    Date time now in datetime format.yxmc
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    AncientPandaman
    13 - Pulsar
    ‎08-27-2025 03:16 AM

    I generally treat python tool as last option, because It take a lot of time to start run.

     

    maybe you just packed the DatetimeNow tool + select tool that force the datetime datatype?

    or just the textInput tool  + formula? where it both take less time to run.

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    aatalai
    15 - Aurora
    ‎09-02-2025 01:34 AM

    @AncientPandaman , interesting point. I guess I was looking at doing it fewer times, but if it is quicker to do it with the native Alteryx tools, it, it might be worth sticking with that. Also, was in addition to my suggestion here that inspired the macro 

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