Time Class

MSBuild

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Gets the current date and time.

Namespace: MSBuild.Community.Tasks
Assembly: MSBuild.Community.Tasks (in MSBuild.Community.Tasks.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Class Time Inherits Task

C#
public class Time : Task

C++
ref class Time : Task

J#
public class Time extends Task

JScript
public class Time extends Task

Example

Using the Time task to get the Month, Day, Year, Hour, Minute, and Second:

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<Time> <Output TaskParameter="Month" PropertyName="Month" /> <Output TaskParameter="Day" PropertyName="Day" /> <Output TaskParameter="Year" PropertyName="Year" /> <Output TaskParameter="Hour" PropertyName="Hour" /> <Output TaskParameter="Minute" PropertyName="Minute" /> <Output TaskParameter="Second" PropertyName="Second" /> </Time> <Message Text="Current Date and Time: $(Month)/$(Day)/$(Year) $(Hour):$(Minute):$(Second)" />

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            <Time>
              <Output TaskParameter="Month" PropertyName="Month" />
              <Output TaskParameter="Day" PropertyName="Day" />
              <Output TaskParameter="Year" PropertyName="Year" />
              <Output TaskParameter="Hour" PropertyName="Hour" />
              <Output TaskParameter="Minute" PropertyName="Minute" />
              <Output TaskParameter="Second" PropertyName="Second" />
            </Time>
            <Message Text="Current Date and Time: $(Month)/$(Day)/$(Year) $(Hour):$(Minute):$(Second)" />

Set property "BuildDate" to the current date and time:

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<Time Format="yyyyMMddHHmmss"> <Output TaskParameter="FormattedTime" PropertyName="buildDate" /> </Time>

Remarks

See DateTimeFormatInfo for the syntax of the format string.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Task
MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Time

Thread Safety

Public static (Shared in Visual Basic)staticShared members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Instance members are not guaranteed to be thread-safe.