[MNG-2562] expose current time as a property for POM interpolation

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.0-M1
• Component/s: Inheritance and Interpolation
• Assignee: John Dennis Casey
• Reporter: Brett Porter
• Created: 15/Sep/06 00:41
• Updated: 06/Apr/15 01:16
• Resolved: 25/Jun/08 15:55

Description

it is useful to have the current time, for example to write out a manifest entry for the build time or to filter into another file.

I'm not sure of the best way to make the format of the time configurable - perhaps another POM element/property.

See the related issue for a current example of how this can be done, but it would be nice to have a built-in.

Issue Links

• depends upon: MNG-1832 built-in property containing current timestamp
• is depended upon by: MNG-3718 Build timestamp interpolator gives hours in AM/PM instead of 24-hour time
• is related to: MNG-3536 REGRESSION: pom.build.sourceDirectory in Maven 2.0.9: it doesn't work anymore
• is related to: MNG-3070 ${x} properties no longer expanded in </version> tag after 2.0.3
• is related to: MNG-3535 Valid properties which look self referential fail to resolve
• is related to: MRESOURCES-99 ${project.baseUri} and ${maven.build.timestamp} are not expanded by resource filtering
• is related to: MNGSITE-87 Document the build timestamp feature
• relates to: MNG-1832 built-in property containing current timestamp
• relates to: MSHARED-46 Create a common component for files filtering
• relates to: MNG-2561 cookbook example: adding build time to a manifest