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Set build date using the Go linker
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build.sh
#!/bin/bash
go build -ldflags "-X main.buildDate `date -u +%Y-%m-%d.%H%M%S`"
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main.go
package main
import "fmt"
var buildDate string
func main() {
fmt.Println(buildDate)
}
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The Go linker has the command line option -X used to set the value of an otherwise uninitialized string variable.

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