Maven Timestamp plugin 0.1 released
I just released my first maven plugin. It's really the simplest possible piece of code you could imagine, but yet it makes it's goal (addings a timestamp variable to your build process) a piece of cake. You can find it at http://code.google.com/p/maven-timestamp-plugin/ along with a bugtracker and some docs.
Now, why would I write something as simple as a timestamp plugin? Well, I am the first to admit that adding timestamp in your build process is not exactly rocket science. But unfortunately most of the procedures to do just that made it seem more complicated than it should be. Either you jump through hoops trying to get a filter output back into your pom.xml, or you end up using a plugin that doesn't have the ability to give you a customized date format (who the hell knows at first sight that the timestamp 1212931073482 means 8th june 2008 15:18h?!). So out of this frustration, the timestamp plugin was born. Have fun with it folks 
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