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

    java.lang.Object
      |
      +--org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
            |
            +--org.apache.tools.ant.Task
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                  +--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 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, getTaskType, getWrapper, handleErrorFlush, handleErrorOutput, handleFlush, handleInput, handleOutput, init, isInvalid, log, log, maybeConfigure, perform, reconfigure, setDescription, setLocation, setOwningTarget, setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, setTaskName, setTaskType`

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 retaliation in early.

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

### createFormat

    public Tstamp.CustomFormat createFormat()

  create a custom format with the current prefix.

  Returns:
    a ready to fill-in format

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