From 2319b3d20137646763e3254992cd3ad3d57b5c91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niko Ehrenfeuchter <nikolaus.ehrenfeuchter@unibas.ch>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:37:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Provide a dot-formatted variant of the build-date.

Useful in combination with the AssemblyInformationalVersion property.
---
 Scripts/Prepare-Build.ps1 | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Scripts/Prepare-Build.ps1 b/Scripts/Prepare-Build.ps1
index f7dd9de..5495f40 100644
--- a/Scripts/Prepare-Build.ps1
+++ b/Scripts/Prepare-Build.ps1
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ catch {
 
 $Date = Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'
 
+# the dotted short format can be used in the AssemblyInformationalVersion
+# property, as this will magically be parsed and reported as "Version" when
+# examining the executable using "Get-Command AutoTx.exe | Format-List *"
+$DateShort = Get-Date -Format 'yyyy.MM.dd.HHmm'
+
 
 $BCommit = "$($SolutionDir)\Resources\BuildCommit.txt"
 $BuildDate = "$($SolutionDir)\Resources\BuildDate.txt"
@@ -109,6 +114,6 @@ Write-Output $(
     "git-describe: [$($CommitName)]$($StatusWarning)"
 )
 
-Write-BuildDetails $BuildDetailsCS $DescItems $GitBranch $Date 
+Write-BuildDetails $BuildDetailsCS $DescItems $GitBranch $DateShort
 
 cd $oldpwd
\ No newline at end of file
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