modules
The modules
variable in the Jinja context contains useful Python modules for operating on data.
datetime
This variable is a pointer to the Python datetime module, which supports complex date and time logic.
It includes the modules contexts of date
, datetime
, time
, timedelta
, and tzinfo
.
Usage
{% set now = modules.datetime.datetime.now() %}
{% set three_days_ago_iso = (now - modules.datetime.timedelta(3)).isoformat() %}
This module will return the current date and time on every Jinja evaluation. For the date and time of the start of the run, please see run_started_at.
pytz
This variable is a pointer to the Python pytz module, which supports timezone logic.
Usage
{% set dt = modules.datetime.datetime(2002, 10, 27, 6, 0, 0) %}
{% set dt_local = modules.pytz.timezone('US/Eastern').localize(dt) %}
{{ dt_local }}
re
This variable is a pointer to the Python re module, which supports regular expressions.
Usage
{% set my_string = 's3://example/path' %}
{% set s3_path_pattern = 's3://[a-z0-9-_/]+' %}
{% set re = modules.re %}
{% set is_match = re.match(s3_path_pattern, my_string, re.IGNORECASE) %}
{% if not is_match %}
{%- do exceptions.raise_compiler_error(
my_string ~ ' is not a valid s3 path'
) -%}
{% endif %}
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