[Qgis-user] Date formula in Layout label

[Patrick Dunford]

It works, but it makes no sense

Anyway thanks

On 11/06/19 12:30 AM, Phil Wyatt wrote:
>
> Hi Patrick,
>
> Try changing the double quotes to single quotes and I think it should 
> work (in QGIS3)
>
> format_date( $now,'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm')
>
> Cheers - Phil
>
> *From:*Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf 
> Of *Patrick Dunford
> *Sent:* Monday, 10 June 2019 8:31 PM
> *To:* qgis-user ML
> *Subject:* [Qgis-user] Date formula in Layout label
>
> Good day
>
> When I create a layout and put a text label in it I want to be able to 
> show the current date using a formula. This formula can look something 
> like [%format_date( $now,"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm")%]
>
> I have to put this in square brackets so that the formula is executed 
> instead of it just appearing as plain text. However when displayed on 
> the page, the square brackets are included in the output. How do I get 
> rid of them so that I just have the numbers of the date and time 
> displayed?
>
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