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ID Sequence Arguments

Format strings for Entity and Item ID Sequences support the following arguments:

  • {entity_type}: name of the entity type (string); Entity only

  • {item_type}: name of the item type (string); Item only

  • {sequence_number}: value of the sequence (integer)

  • {date}: current date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format (string)

  • {time}: current time in "HHMMSS" format (string)

Note

You may also use the variable datetime, which can be formatted using strptime.

  • {datetime:%b %d %Y %I:%M %p}

Note

By default, dates and times are reported as Universal Time Coordinated (UTC).