TeamCity Current Date variable in MMdd format

Question

In TeamCity is there an easy way to get a variable for the current date in the format MMdd (eg 0811 for 8-Aug)?

My google-fu did not turn up an existing plugins. I look

Answer 1

An old question, but for those looking for a solution now there is a system parameter available.

system.buildStartTime

You need to declare it in config (it's not available until runtime) in order to run. I set mine to value [Filled Automatically]

As you can guess, this time is set to the build start time, so that may not be ideal for some needs. But it's easy and reliable.