I'm working on an ant script. In this particular part, I need to get the current month, as well as the prior month. I was thinking something similar to
<tstamp>
<format property="thismonth" pattern="MMyy"/> <!-- 0210 by february 2010-->
</tstamp>
<!--I'd like to get 0110 (january 2010) here, but can't imagine how-->
<property name="priormonth" value="?">
I've been reading on property helpers, but I can't get what I need. What can I try next?
You can do it with a custom JavaScript scriptdef:
<project default="build">
<target name="build">
<echo message="Hello world"/>
<setdates/>
<echo message="thismonth ${thismonth}"/>
<echo message="priormonth ${priormonth}"/>
</target>
<scriptdef name="setdates" language="javascript">
<![CDATA[
importClass(java.text.SimpleDateFormat);
importClass(java.util.Calendar);
today = new Date();
cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTime(today);
cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) - 1);
priormonth = cal.getTime();
fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("MMyy");
self.getProject().setProperty('thismonth', fmt.format(today));
self.getProject().setProperty('priormonth', fmt.format(priormonth));
]]>
</scriptdef>
</project>