How to format the timestamps

Sometimes you need to use the timestamps in your Node-RED project. You can use the timestamp node to extract the timestamp like below:

Node-RED flow
Source code
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    {
        "id": "3c9e9659a9a48e65",
        "type": "tab",
        "label": "Flow 1",
        "disabled": false,
        "info": "",
        "env": []
    },
    {
        "id": "82ae8f7a87f62c48",
        "type": "inject",
        "z": "3c9e9659a9a48e65",
        "name": "",
        "props": [
            {
                "p": "payload"
            },
            {
                "p": "topic",
                "vt": "str"
            }
        ],
        "repeat": "",
        "crontab": "",
        "once": false,
        "onceDelay": 0.1,
        "topic": "",
        "payload": "",
        "payloadType": "date",
        "x": 140,
        "y": 80,
        "wires": [
            [
                "6e27c4f9b4be2f8f"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "853dbe45d82473a8",
        "type": "debug",
        "z": "3c9e9659a9a48e65",
        "name": "debug 3",
        "active": true,
        "tosidebar": true,
        "console": false,
        "tostatus": false,
        "complete": "false",
        "statusVal": "",
        "statusType": "auto",
        "x": 780,
        "y": 80,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "6e27c4f9b4be2f8f",
        "type": "change",
        "z": "3c9e9659a9a48e65",
        "name": "",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "set",
                "p": "payload",
                "pt": "msg",
                "to": "$now()",
                "tot": "jsonata"
            }
        ],
        "action": "",
        "property": "",
        "from": "",
        "to": "",
        "reg": false,
        "x": 360,
        "y": 80,
        "wires": [
            [
                "71738532703c5a2c"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "71738532703c5a2c",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "3c9e9659a9a48e65",
        "name": "Optimizing String",
        "func": "msg.payload = msg.payload.substr(0, 10) + \" \" + msg.payload.substr(12, 7);\nreturn msg;",
        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
        "initialize": "",
        "finalize": "",
        "libs": [],
        "x": 590,
        "y": 80,
        "wires": [
            [
                "853dbe45d82473a8"
            ]
        ]
    }
]

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