Best way to set a timestamp variable in Pipeline build

[Greg Smith]

Hi,

I would like to set a timestamp at the beginning of my pipeline build, put it into the environment, and reuse it throughout my build. 

I found some sample code - but it no longer seems to work because of sandboxing of the groovy pipeline scripts.

The code is:
env.TIMESTAMP = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat('yyyyMMddHHmmss').format(new Date())

But I get this error now:

org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.RejectedAccessException: Scripts not permitted to use new java.text.SimpleDateFormat java.lang.String
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.whitelists.StaticWhitelist.rejectNew(StaticWhitelist.java:185)

How should I be setting a timestamp value that I can reuse over throughout the rest of my build?

Thanks,
Greg

[Baptiste Mathus]

Probably you simply want to allow that finding call.
Open the /scriptApproval screen for that purpose.

Depending on what you're trying to do. Maybe using long start = System.currentTimeMillis() would suit your needs and be already whitelisted (can't check just now).

HTH

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[Greg Smith]

Thanks,

That was my fix -- I went to that screen under Manage Jenkins and set those calls to be allowed in the sandbox. 

Thanks for the help.

Cheers,
Greg