"Burning" the result of a #define

Question

Suppose a define like this

#define myDate [NSDate date]

every time I use it, it gives me the current date, what is ok.

What I want is to store the date the code was compiled. Can I do that with defines or using any other way?

I want the date to be hard stored in the code.

Ok I know I can store the date as string, this is not what I want.

"Ok I know I can store the date as string" – then you can convert that string to an `NSDate`. — The Paramagnetic Croissant, Jul 20 '15 at 06:36

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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GCC has predefined macros for this. Check out __DATE__ and __TIME__.

Also, you can define your own key like CFBuildDate and increment it with a script : Xcode project's "Build number"

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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answered Jul 20 '15 at 06:37

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