Is it possible to find out, at runtime, the date and time that pyinstaller created a frozen executable?

[Andy Norman]

Hi folks.

I had a browse through the source before asking, but didn't find what I was looking for.

Using pyinstaller under Windows 7, with the --onefile option, is it possible at runtime for a python program to find out *when* it was frozen?  I know that sys.frozen tells me that I am frozen, but I'd like to know when I was frozen... i.e. when the .exe was created by pyinstaller.

Looking at the timestamps on the files in the _MEIPASS directory doesn't help, as they are set to the last time they were unpacked.

Thanks! :)

-- gyre --

[Martin Zibricky]

Hi gyre,

there is nothing like that in PyInstaller.

I think this would be like a replacement for proper version string in your
app?

[gyre]

OK. I was outputting the current version of the app... but wanted to give a bit more information such as when it was frozen. I can work around it with a suitable Makefile, but didn't want to re-invent the wheel :)

Thanks.

-- gyre --

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[Hartmut Goebel]

Am 31.08.2015 um 22:23 schrieb Martin Zibricky:

there is nothing like that in PyInstaller.

And I do not see quite much use in this, as it would contradict deterministic build. If someone really wants to have this, she could simply add some datafile.

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