When creating an about page for a
web application, we often add the build date information. To get the build
date, we can query the executing assembly file and get the last write time
property.
/// <summary>
/// returns the file write date
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
private static string GetAssemblyDate()
{
string date = string.Empty;
try
{
var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
var fileInfo = new FileInfo(assembly.Location);
var writeTime = fileInfo.LastWriteTime;
date = String.Format("{0} {1}",
writeTime.ToShortDateString(), writeTime.ToShortTimeString());
}catch(Exception ex)
{
//log exception info
}
return date;
}
This helper method reads the file
properties of the assembly and returns the date and time information. This is
the same date-time information that we would find when using Windows Explorer. The date time information return by this
method has this format:
MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm
am/pm
I hope this helps some of you.
