Allow typedInput timestamp to specify format

packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js

@@ -408,7 +408,30 @@
             }
         },
         re: {value:"re",label:"regular expression",icon:"red/images/typedInput/re.svg"},
-        date: {value:"date",label:"timestamp",icon:"fa fa-clock-o",hasValue:false},
+        date: {
+            value:"date",
+            label:"timestamp",
+            icon:"fa fa-clock-o",
+            options:[
+                {
+                    label: 'timestamp',
+                    value: ''
+                },
+                {
+                    label: 'ISO 8601',
+                    value: 'iso'
+                },
+                {
+                    value: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'
+                },
+                {
+                    value: 'YYYY-MM-DD'
+                },
+                {
+                    value: 'HH:mm:ss'
+                },
+            ]
+        },
         jsonata: {
             value: "jsonata",
             label: "expression",

packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/function/15-change.js

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 });
                 return
             } else if (rule.tot === 'date') {
-                value = Date.now();
+                value = RED.util.evaluateNodeProperty(rule.to, rule.tot, node)
             } else if (rule.tot === 'jsonata') {
                 RED.util.evaluateJSONataExpression(rule.to,msg, (err, value) => {
                     if (err) {

packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/lib/util.js

@@ -636,7 +636,13 @@ function evaluateNodeProperty(value, type, node, msg, callback) {
     } else if (type === 're') {
         result = new RegExp(value);
     } else if (type === 'date') {
-        result = Date.now();
+        if (!value) {
+            result = Date.now();
+        } else if (value === 'iso') {
+            result = (new Date()).toISOString()
+        } else {
+            result = moment().format(value)
+        }
     } else if (type === 'bin') {
         var data = JSON.parse(value);
         if (Array.isArray(data) || (typeof(data) === "string")) {

test/unit/@node-red/util/lib/util_spec.js

@@ -379,10 +379,17 @@ describe("@node-red/util/util", function() {
             result = util.evaluateNodeProperty('','bool');
             result.should.be.false();
         });
-        it('returns date',function() {
+        it('returns date - default format',function() {
             var result = util.evaluateNodeProperty('','date');
             (Date.now() - result).should.be.approximately(0,50);
         });
+
+        it('returns date - iso format',function() {
+            var result = util.evaluateNodeProperty('iso','date');
+            // 2023-12-04T16:51:04.429Z
+            /^\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\dT\d\d:\d\d:\d\d\.\d+Z$/.test(result).should.be.true()
+        });
+
         it('returns bin', function () {
             var result = util.evaluateNodeProperty('[1, 2]','bin');
             result[0].should.eql(1);