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1const std = @import("std");
2const mem = std.mem;
3
4/// Returns current time in ISO 8601 format e.g. 2025-10-13T12:42:43+07:00
5/// Unfortunately zig doesn't have a standard datetime library yet so we're
6/// shelling out to `date` here for convenience.
7pub fn now(arena: mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
8    var proc = try std.process.Child.run(.{
9        .allocator = arena,
10        .argv = &.{ "date", "-Iseconds" },
11    });
12    std.debug.assert(proc.term.Exited == 0);
13    std.debug.assert(proc.stdout.len == 25 + 1); // with trailing \n
14    return proc.stdout[0..25];
15}