Send timestamp on event via MQTT

[papperone]

Sorry for the maybe "noob" question but as I'm not able to search forum with keyword "mqtt" (it says it's a too common word!) I did not find anythign that can help me on this issue.
Basically I want to be able when a specific even occurrs to publish an MQTT topic (which I can do already) but I want the content of the topic to be the current timestamp, and apparently I can send only fixed text.
Any clue/help on how this can be achieved on ESPEasy without creating script/rules on my mqtt server/broker?

[Martinus]

Have you tried sending %systime% ?

[papperone]

Have you tried sending %systime% ?

NO, will try soon... but how do I find some documentation about all those "tricks"?
I've the feeling ESPEasy is great but with eventually many "hidden" features coudl be even better!!!

[papperone]

it does not work
I have this rule setup:

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On System#Boot do
  Publish /%sysname%/lastboot,%systime%
endon

but the topic contents after boot is ",0:00" (yes, including the comma)...
is it a bug or I'm doing somethign wrong?

[Martinus]

is it a bug or I'm doing somethign wrong?

It's a specific bug for system time on boot events...
Will be fixed with the next build.

[papperone]

Thanks for the quick answer, will wait for the fix