Take a look at the <tstamp> task. You can set a property using it and then use the property in the name of the jar.
-Mark -----Original Message----- From: Zhendi Su [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 1:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: specifying date and time in ant Hi, I am wondering how I can tell ant to specify the current date and time. For example, if I want to create a file with the current date and time as its file name (e.g. myfile_02_04_01_53.jar) , how should I do it? Thanks a lot! Zhendi Su -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>