Build Output Using the Ant <tstamp/> Task

When you execute , it generates the local ANT macros ${TSTAMP} and ${DSTAMP}. These are the time and date as numeric strings. They can then be used to dynamically generate timestamp strings. Here is an example in a simple ANT buildfile that generates a timestamped jarfile:

The above build.xml outputs a jarfile named ‘tstamp-200307011540.jar’

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