Last compilation date included in .class

[Nomak]

Hello,

What are the different ways to automaticaly include in a project the
compilation date in java?

For one file, the CVS last update date is in $Date$ keyword but the main files are not modified often, and i don't know how to do a "max($Date$ for all files)" so i can't use that.

Any solution specific to the eclipse IDE/netbeans are welcome too.

Thx

 

[Daniel Dyer]

Hello,

What are the different ways to automaticaly include in a project the
compilation date in java?

For one file, the CVS last update date is in $Date$ keyword but the main
files are not modified often, and i don't know how to do a
"max($Date$ for all files)" so i can't use that.

Are you using Ant? If so you can use a combination of the TStamp
(http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/tstamp.html) and Filter
(http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/filter.html) tasks to achieve this.

Dan.

 

[Juha Laiho]

What are the different ways to automaticaly include in a project the
compilation date in java?

Do you really consider the compile date that important?

Or is it important to know which file versions were included
in a given compile? If this latter, then use version tagging,
and export the project from CVS using the tag name (which
will be available as the $Name$ CVS tag).