Sets the DSTAMP
, TSTAMP
, and TODAY
properties in the current project. The DSTAMP
property is in the
format "yyyymmdd", TSTAMP
is in the
format "hhmm", and TODAY
is in the
format "month day year".
These properties can be used in the build-file, for instance, to create time-stamped filenames, or used to replace placeholder tags inside documents to indicate, for example, the release date. The best place for this task is probably in an initialization target.
Attribute | Description | Required |
prefix | Prefix used for all properties set. The default is no prefix. | No |
<format>
nested element that
allows a property to be set to the current date and time in a given format.
The date/time patterns are as defined in the Java
SimpleDateFormat class.
The format element also allows offsets to be applied to the time to generate different time values.
Attribute | Description | Required |
property | The property to receive the date/time string in the given pattern. | Yes |
pattern | The date/time pattern to be used. The values are as defined by the Java SimpleDateFormat class. | Yes |
timezone | The timezone to use for displaying time. The values are as defined by the Java TimeZone class. | No |
offset | The numeric offset to the current time | No |
unit | The unit of the offset to be applied to the current time.
Valid Values are
|
No |
locale | The locale used to create date/time string. The general form is "language, country, variant" but either variant or variant and country may be omitted. For more information please refer to documentation for the Locale class. | No |
<tstamp/>
sets the standard DSTAMP
, TSTAMP
,
and TODAY
properties according to the default formats.
<tstamp> <format property="TODAY_UK" pattern="d-MMMM-yyyy" locale="en"/> </tstamp>
sets the standard properties as well as the property
TODAY_UK
with the date/time pattern "d-MMMM-yyyy"
using English locale (eg. 21-May-2001).
<tstamp> <format property="touch.time" pattern="MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm aa" offset="-5" unit="hour"/> </tstamp>
Creates a timestamp, in the property touch.time, 5 hours before the current time. The format in this example is suitable for use with the <touch> task. The standard properties are set also.
<tstamp prefix="start"/>
Sets three properties with the standard formats, prefixed with "start.":
start.DSTAMP
, start.TSTAMP
, and start.TODAY
.
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