Time of build as program version

[peter nn]

I would like to have variable that holds time and date of build.
I have few classes and __TIMESTAMP__ is updated only if code is changed (class where __TIMESTAMP__ is ).

Visual C++ 2008 Express

Best regards,
Peter

[KarlisRepsons]

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
 string time(__TIME__);
 string date(__DATE__);

 cout << time << endl;
 cout << date << endl;

 return 0;
}

[peter nn]

I have more than one class.

__TIME__, __DATE__, and __TIMESTAMP__ are updated when main() source file is changed.
If you have macro in some other class, then it is updated only if that class (source code) is changed and rebuild.
I need some sort of global variable.

BR,
Peter

[karthick88]

I have a question here.. where are these _TIME_ _DATE_ macros defined?

[jsmith]

They are compiler intrinsic.

[karthick88]

Does the standard mandate any set of macros to be implemented...

[jsmith]

yes.

[peter nn]

touch.exe is what I was looking for.

Best regards,
Peter

[Athar]

Instead of using touch, you can just add and delete a space, then save.