CompileDate
-----------

Returns the date the plug-in was compiled.

| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Plugin](component_Plugin.md) | [1.0](newinversion10.md) | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |

MBS( "CompileDate" ) ### Parameters

none

### Result

The date as text.

### Description

Returns the date the plug-in was compiled.  
Useful for determining if when the currently installed plug-in was released.  
See [Plugin.CompileDate](PluginCompileDate.md) to get a FileMaker date instead of a text.  
  
Format of this text is "mmm DD YYYY" with month as three letter text in English.  
### Examples

Get the Compile Date and Time:

 $r = MBS ("CompileDate") &amp; " " &amp; MBS ("CompileTime")  
Get year:

 Let(\[  
 year = GetAsNumber(Middle(MBS ( "CompileDate" );7;6))  
\]; year)  
Remind to update plugin:

 If \[ GetAsNumber(Middle(MBS ( "CompileDate" );7;6)) &lt; Year ( Get(CurrentDate )) and Month ( Get(CurrentDate )) &gt; 3 \]   
 Show Custom Dialog \[ "Your MBS Plugin could be updated”. ; "It's spring and you use plugin from last year?" \]   
End If  
### See also

- [CompileTime](CompileTime.md)
- [Plugin.CompileDate](PluginCompileDate.md)
- [Plugin.IsMaintenanceExpired](PluginIsMaintenanceExpired.md)

### Blog Entries

- [MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 10.3pr2](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2020-06-08/MBS_FileMaker_Plugin_version_1/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)
- [MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 10.0pr5](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2020-01-02/MBS_FileMaker_Plugin_version_1/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)
- [MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 6.3pr3](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2016-06-19/MBS_FileMaker_Plugin_version_6/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)

This function is free to use.

Created 18th August 2014 , last changed 5th September 2025

  
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