Get today's date in yyyy-mm-dd format in Pig

apache-pig

Solution

You can define a `TODAYS_DATE` variable like this:

%default TODAYS_DATE `date +%Y-%m-%d`;

and refer to it every time you need by inserting `$TODAYS_DATE` in the string:

'/data/mydata/$TODAYS_DATE'

Make sure to make no typing mistakes. You may also use `%declare`, but you will lose the flexibility to override the value from the command line or parameter file.

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