As far as I can see there is no built-in HScript variable for 'current date'. What would be the best option to add that to a ROP file name output on a Windows system?

I find it helpful to have a date + time variable when creating test renders.

I guess the easiest way is by python. Anyway you could find something useful in this topic [www.sidefx.com]

Hello my name is Sanjeev Mansotra from India.
To add the current date to a file name in a ROP file output on a Windows system, you can use Python expressions within Houdini since there’s no direct HScript variable for the current date. In the file name field, use this expression:

`pythonexprs("import datetime; datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')")`

This will insert the current date in YYYY-MM-DD format, or adjust the date format within strftime() as needed. This approach is flexible and works well for dynamic date-stamping in output file names.

Hi,
it seem to give a error..

I posted a snippet in the linked thread that works, try this:


Hscript doesn't seem to want to evaluate line breaks as Python sees them, so this is an alternative syntax you can use. If it's too ugly for you, create a spare string parm and set the expression to:


Then channel reference that in your filename expression using `chs("myParm")`