Can Visual Studio put timestamps in the build log?

Question

In the build log I'd like to the start and end time of each project's compilation. Is there any way to get VS to do this?

Answer 1

For VC++ builds you can enable build timing. Go to Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->VC++ Project settings and choose the option for 'Build Timing'

Answer 2

Not without modifying the actual project file (using a text editor) to add calls in to the MSBuild script targets.

Answer 3

Thanks. I guess that's as much as I can get it to tell me without doing a bunch of extra work.

Answer 4

A new way I found is to call the Time command in the post event Pre and Post-build event command line:

TIME /T