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<h2><a name="tstamp">Tstamp</a></h2>
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Sets the <code>DSTAMP</code>, <code>TSTAMP</code>, and <code>TODAY</code>
properties in the current project. The <code>DSTAMP</code> property is in the
format "yyyymmdd", <code>TSTAMP</code> is in the
format "hhmm", and <code>TODAY</code> is in the
format "month day year".</p>
<p>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.</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<tr> <td colspan="3"> No parameters</td>
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<h3>Nested Elements</h3>
The Tstamp task supports a <code><format></code> 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
<a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> class.
The format element also allows offsets to be applied to the time to generate different time values.
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td valign="top">property</td>
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The property to receive the date/time string in the given pattern.
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<td align="center" valign="top">Yes</td>
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<td valign="top">pattern</td>
<td valign="top">The date/time pattern to be used. The values are as defined by the Java SimpleDateFormat class.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">Yes</td>
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<td valign="top">offset</td>
<td valign="top">The numeric offset to the current time</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<td valign="top">unit</td>
<td valign="top">The unit of the offset to be applied to the current time.
Valid Values are
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<li>millisecond</li>
<li>second</li>
<li>minute</li>
<li>hour</li>
<li>day</li>
<li>week</li>
<li>month</li>
<li>year</li>
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<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<td valign="top">locale</td>
<td valign="top">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
<a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/util/Locale.html">Locale</a>
class.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<h3>Examples</h3>
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<tstamp/>
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<p>
sets the standard <code>DSTAMP</code>, <code>TSTAMP</code>,
and <code>TODAY</code> properties according to the default formats.</p>
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<tstamp>
<format property="TODAY_UK" pattern="d-MMMM-yyyy" locale="en"/>
</tstamp>
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<p>
sets the standard properties as well as the property
<code>TODAY_UK</code> with the date/time pattern "d-MMMM-yyyy"
using English locale (eg. 21-May-2001).</p>
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<tstamp>
<format property="touch.time" pattern="MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm aa"
offset="-5" unit="hour"/>
</tstamp>
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<p>
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</p>
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