Dynamically display current year in assembly info

Question

How to set current year in AssemblyInfo file?

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Answer 1

I saw something on another post (https://stackoverflow.com/a/827209/857307) that could really be helpful here.

Try this.

Add a new file to your source repository somewhere common to all of the projects in your solution. Call the file something like AssemblyCopyright.tt

In the file, add the following code for c#

<#@ template language="C#" #>
using System;
using System.Reflection;

[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © CompanyName <#=DateTime.Now.Year#>")]

or vb

<#@ template language="VB" #>
<#@ output extension=".vb" #>
Imports System
Imports System.Reflection

")> 

Then, remove the AssemblyCopyright attribute from each of your AssemblyInfo.cs files.

Finally, add a link to the AssemblyCopyright.tt file to each of your projects.

The template file will recreate a new AssemblyCopyright.cs file on every build with the correct year.