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

Similar to the Date Build Number plugin mentioned in this answer, there exists a derived plugin called Formatted Date Parameter. It provides a customizable parameter build.formatted.timestamp that can be used out of the box in fields or other parameters. No need for a separate build step.