github action to add current date to a temp file with current date as commit message.

daily-commit.yml

name: adds todays date to master branch at 7am eastern time, 11am utc

on:
  schedule:
  - cron: "0 11 * * *"
# on:
#  push:
#       branches:
#         - master
jobs:
  daily-commit:
    name: Commit current date
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Get current date
        id: date
        run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          ref: master
          fetch-depth: 0 # To get all tags
      - name: Write a line to a file
        run: echo ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }} >> temp.txt
      - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
        with:
          commit_message: ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
          commit_options: "--no-verify --signoff --allow-empty"