Hi, You can use the Tstamp [1] task to store the date in a property, then read this in the zip task:
<tstamp> <format property="tstamped-file-name" pattern="dd-MMM-yy" locale="en,UK"/> </tstamp> <zip destfile="${tstamped-file-name}.zip" ... /> Thanks, Kev [1] http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/tstamp.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]