How to get timestamp in Azure runbook workflow

Question

I am trying to get a timestamp when I do write-output lines. I have tries several things, and ending with:

filter timestamp {"$(Get-Date -Format G): $_"}
Write-Output "JOB START BEFORE INLINESCRIPT" | timestamp

But this gives me the error:

The 'timestamp' activity is not supported in a workflow pipeline

What is the proper way to do this?

Answer 1

You should put your code in an InlineScript block, like below:

workflow MyFirstRunbook-Workflow
{   
   INLINESCRIPT{
    write-output "hello world"
    filter timestamp {"$(Get-Date -Format G): $_"}
    write-output "JOB START BEFORE INLINESCRIPT" | timestamp
   }    
}

Test result: