java War file export

[Alex Giovi]

In my java project I have inside the WEB-INF folder a text file which contains a date that I generate with a shell file.

In my project I use the last modified time of this file.

The problem is when I export the project and I open the archive file (Web application ARchive), the last modified time of this text file is changed with three hours in addition.

I checked ecplise options, and I don't see how can this happend.

Any help will be much appreciated.

[Stephan van Hulst]

Could have all sorts of wonky reasons.

This is exactly the reason why you should probably not depend on modification times. Why do you need this?

[Alex Giovi]

i use this to print the time of the deploy of my application in the main page when i run it on another computer.

[Stephan van Hulst]

How do you deploy your WAR to another server? It's probably better to update some sort of configuration file or resource bundle during the deployment procedure, because this is a much more reliable method.

[Alex Giovi]

First , i execute a bat file which append a date in txt file which is located under WEB-INF folder (the file is been modified with the date and modification time i want).
then i export my project as a War file , and i put it in a Ear file to be deployed after on a server.
The problem is in the war file before even the deploy of the application, after the creation of the war file, when i open it and check the txt file modification time , it's changed , so may be something is happend during the process of exportation, but i don't figure out what it is?
may be you're right , but all what i needed is the time of the creation of the war file (to be displayed after in my jsp file), this idea is simple and that's why i used it.
Thanks.

[Stephan van Hulst]

You didn't actually say how you deploy the application. If this procedure it automated, you can let it generate a deployment time, and use that.