SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is not respected

[Pesa]

Description

metadata-action does not seem to honor the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH env variable when generating labels and annotations such as org.opencontainers.image.created. I know these can be overridden by the calling workflow, but it would be nice if the action supported SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH by default, for a better out-of-the-box experience.

I'm not sure if SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should also affect tags that use the {{date}} expression. Personally I don't think it should. Maybe a new expression {{source_date_epoch}} can be added that takes the timestamp from the env variable and formats it as specified, instead of using the current time, but this can be considered separately later.

[crazy-max]

Sounds good thanks

[lvjp]

I think that this is related to the code in src/meta.ts :

this.date = new Date();

For now, I have a little workaround :

- id: git-timestamp
  run: echo "iso8601=$(git log -n1 --pretty=%cI)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"

- uses: docker/metadata-action@v5.5.1
  id: meta
  with:
    labels: "org.opencontainers.image.created=${{ steps.git-timestamp.outputs.iso8601 }}"

[trim21]

will #471 works for you?

[trim21]

looks like they are not same, but it will help fixing this issue