A utility library for IntelliTect
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$ dotnet add package IntelliTect.MultitoolReadme
IntelliTect.Multitool: 
Install Instructions
- Add package to project from nuget.org. More instructions to get started with consuming nuget packages can be found on learn.microsoft.com
- All tools are under the
IntelliTect.Multitoolnamespace. - That's it! Please open an issue if you have any problems with any of these steps or have other questions.
ReleaseDateAttribute - Gets an UTC DateTime of compile time. Allows us to determine the build date/time
Blog Post/Additional Information: How To Display the Build Date of a .NET Application
Samples:
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Assignment of GetReleaseDate() to a local variable
DateTime? date = IntelliTect.Multitool.ReleaseDateAttribute.GetReleaseDate(); // Returns a datetime in UTC to date -
Displaying GetReleaseDate() on a cshtml page
// This example is in cshtml. @IntelliTect.Multitool.ReleaseDateAttribute.GetReleaseDate() // Returns a datetime in UTC -
Converting and displaying GetReleaseDate() on a cshtml page
// convert this UTC DateTime object into one for my local timezone that is formatted in a “d MMM, yyyy h:mm:ss tt” (ex: 8 Feb, 2023 11:36:31 AM). // The following code will format the date and convert it to my local time zone of Pacific Standard Time. Build: @if (IntelliTect.Multitool.ReleaseDateAttribute.GetReleaseDate() is DateTime date) { @TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(date, TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Pacific Standard Time")).ToString("d MMM, yyyy h:mm:ss tt", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) } // Result is "Build: 8 Feb, 2023 11:36:31 AM"