1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/util/getversion.sh b/util/getversion.sh
index c1da044690..798bb51448 100755
--- a/util/getversion.sh
+++ b/util/getversion.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ fi
 
 ver="${BOARD}_${vbase}"
 
+gitdate=$(git log -1 --format='%ai' HEAD | cut -d ' ' -f '1 2')
+
 echo "/* This file is generated by util/getversion.sh */"
 
 echo "/* Version string for use by common/version.c */"
@@ -47,3 +49,8 @@ echo "/* Sub-fields for use in Makefile.rules and to form build info string"
 echo " * in common/version.c. */"
 echo "#define VERSION \"${ver}\""
 echo "#define BUILDER \"${USER}@`hostname`\""
+
+echo "/* Author date of last commit, in case compile-time is not used. */"
+echo "#ifndef DATE"
+echo "#define DATE \"${gitdate}\""
+echo "#endif"