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current date in iso 8601 in groovy
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iso_date.groovy
new Date().format("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'", TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"))
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parse_iso.groovy
Date.parse("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'", dateString)
// Important: the quotes around Z help parse Z as literal in input string (represents UTC).
// If we omit quotes in format string, the numeric (ex: +0000) timezone must be present in the input string
Date.parse("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'", "2001-01-01T00:00:00Z")
Date.parse("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ", "2001-01-01T00:00:00+0000")
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kdabir commented Jun 26, 2020

how about:
Instant.now().toString()
found here

Nice suggestion @reinsch82

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dsvyrjm commented Aug 11, 2021

Any googlers in chat?

Date.parse("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX", "2001-01-01T00:00:00+03:00")

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ppazos commented Nov 12, 2021

Note this is the full expression of a datetime, but ISO8601 supports partial dates, times, datetimes and durations.

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