Getting current timestamp in inline pipeline script using pipeline plugin of hudson

Question

I want to get Getting current timestamp in inline pipeline script using pipeline plugin of hudson. For setting up build display name.

Inline groovy script used:

Answer 1

Just format the Date object:

stage('Foo') {
  steps {
    script {
        def now = new Date()
        println now.format("yyMMdd.HHmm", TimeZone.getTimeZone('UTC'))
    }
  } 
}