## org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs
Class Tstamp

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
          org.apache.tools.ant.Task
              org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Tstamp

public class Tstamp
extends Task

Sets properties to the current time, or offsets from the current time. The default properties are TSTAMP, DSTAMP and TODAY;

Since:
  Ant 1.1
Author:
  costin@dnt.ro, stefano@apache.org, roxspring@yahoo.com, Conor MacNeill, Magesh Umasankar

Nested Class Summary
`class` `Tstamp.CustomFormat` This nested element that allows a property to be set to the current date and time in a given format.
`static class` `Tstamp.Unit` set of valid units to use for time offsets.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task
`description, location, target, taskName, taskType, wrapper`

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
`project`

Constructor Summary
`Tstamp()`

Method Summary
`Tstamp.CustomFormat` `createFormat()` create a custom format with the the current prefix.
`void` `execute()` create the timestamps.
`void` `setPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)` Set a prefix for the properties.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task
`getDescription, getLocation, getOwningTarget, getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, getTaskName, handleErrorFlush, handleErrorOutput, handleFlush, handleOutput, init, isInvalid, log, log, maybeConfigure, perform, setDescription, setLocation, setOwningTarget, setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, setTaskName`

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
`getProject, setProject`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### Tstamp

    public Tstamp()

Method Detail

### setPrefix

    public void setPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)

  Set a prefix for the properties. If the prefix does not end with a "." one is automatically added

  Since:
    Ant 1.5

### execute

    public void execute()
                 throws BuildException

  create the timestamps. Custom ones are done before the standard ones, to get their retalation in early.

  Overrides:
    `execute` in class `Task`
  Throws:
    `BuildException`

### createFormat

    public Tstamp.CustomFormat createFormat()

  create a custom format with the the current prefix.

  Returns:
    a ready to fill-in format

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