Question

I have a C# WinForms app with an About box. I am putting the version number in the about box using:

FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)
    .FileVersion

This ends up giving me the Subversion revision number from which the executable was built.

I would also like to get the date of the build into the About box. I tried:

File.GetLastWriteTime(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location)

But that gives me the write date of the executable, which only corresponds to the date when the app was installed (we are using ClickOnce) not built.

How can I get the build date?

Answer 1

If you use automatic versioning, you can convert the last two bits of the version number into a build date: MSDN