Show the build date of the nightlies in the About dialog

src/AboutDialog.cpp

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "AboutDialog.h"
 #include "ui_AboutDialog.h"
-#include "version.h"
 #include "sqlite.h"
+#include "Application.h"
 
 AboutDialog::AboutDialog(QWidget *parent) :
     QDialog(parent),
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog(QWidget *parent) :
     this->setFixedSize(this->width(), this->height());
     this->setWindowFlags(this->windowFlags() & ~Qt::WindowContextHelpButtonHint);
 
-    ui->label_version->setText(tr("Version ") + APP_VERSION + "\n\n" +
+    ui->label_version->setText(tr("Version ") + Application::versionString() + "\n\n" +
                                tr("Qt Version ") + QT_VERSION_STR + "\n\n" +
 #ifdef ENABLE_SQLCIPHER
                                tr("SQLCipher Version ") + SQLITE_VERSION

src/Application.cpp

@@ -89,16 +89,7 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv) :
             qWarning() << qPrintable(tr("  [file]\t\tOpen this SQLite database"));
             m_dontShowMainWindow = true;
         } else if(arguments().at(i) == "-v" || arguments().at(i) == "--version") {
-            // Distinguish between high and low patch version numbers. High numbers as in x.y.99 indicate nightly builds or
-            // beta releases. For these we want to include the build date. For the release versions we don't add the release
-            // date in order to avoid confusion about what is more important, version number or build date, and about different
-            // build dates for the same version. This also should help making release builds reproducible out of the box.
-#if PATCH_VERSION >= 99
-            QString build_date = QString(" (%1)").arg(__DATE__);
-#else
-            QString build_date;
-#endif
-            qWarning() << qPrintable(tr("This is DB Browser for SQLite version %1%2.").arg(APP_VERSION).arg(build_date));
+            qWarning() << qPrintable(tr("This is DB Browser for SQLite version %1.").arg(versionString()));
             m_dontShowMainWindow = true;
         } else if(arguments().at(i) == "-s" || arguments().at(i) == "--sql") {
             // Run SQL file: If file exists add it to list of scripts to execute
@@ -170,3 +161,16 @@ bool Application::event(QEvent* event)
         return QApplication::event(event);
     }
 }
+
+QString Application::versionString()
+{
+    // Distinguish between high and low patch version numbers. High numbers as in x.y.99 indicate nightly builds or
+    // beta releases. For these we want to include the build date. For the release versions we don't add the release
+    // date in order to avoid confusion about what is more important, version number or build date, and about different
+    // build dates for the same version. This also should help making release builds reproducible out of the box.
+#if PATCH_VERSION >= 99
+    return QString("%1 (%2)").arg(APP_VERSION).arg(__DATE__);
+#else
+    return QString("%1").arg(APP_VERSION);
+#endif
+}

src/Application.h

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ class Application : public QApplication
 
     MainWindow* mainWindow() { return m_mainWindow; }
 
+    static QString versionString();
+
 protected:
     bool event(QEvent* event);