From db2b710776baad9096985892bd12b45d29ec14e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Flad Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:40:36 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs/function/timestamp: Mention Time Provider (#26232) This utility Terraform Provider has resources designed to handle and store time information by participating normally in the graph. --- website/docs/configuration/functions/timestamp.html.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/website/docs/configuration/functions/timestamp.html.md b/website/docs/configuration/functions/timestamp.html.md index 13b993d39..e3365406d 100644 --- a/website/docs/configuration/functions/timestamp.html.md +++ b/website/docs/configuration/functions/timestamp.html.md @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ directly with resource attributes will cause a diff to be detected on every Terraform run. We do not recommend using this function in resource attributes, but in rare cases it can be used in conjunction with [the `ignore_changes` lifecycle meta-argument](../resources.html#ignore_changes) -to take the timestamp only on initial creation of the resource. +to take the timestamp only on initial creation of the resource. For more stable +time handling, see the [Time Provider](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/time/). Due to the constantly changing return value, the result of this function cannot be predicted during Terraform's planning phase, and so the timestamp will be