On 5. Aug, 2010, at 15:46 , Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin wrote: > hi Folks, > > Earlier in the day, somebody asked me how he could obtain "today date" using > cmake. > I replied there was no direct way to obtain the date and I told him to use a > macro I wrote. > See > http://viewvc.slicer.org/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/CMake/Slicer3TodayMacro.cmake?rev=11898&view=log > > Is there a better a way to retrieve "today date" ? > > Thks > Jc
Not that I know of, it's come up occasionally on this list... The problem with this kind of macro is (IMHO) that it gives you the configure-date, not the build-date. For the latter you would need to call this macro as a CMake-script at build time. Michael _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
