C# AssemblyVersion : how is it managed automatically

Question

As we know, the following code manage build number and revision automatically.
(As I know, AssemblyVersion is "major.minor.build_number.revision")

[assembly: AssemblyVersion("2.5.*")]

By the way, How does it deal with build number and revision? In my case, the version start from 2.5.5155.32464 and revision increase some at each build, and sometimes build number increase, too. But I can't find any rule of increments....

Answer 1

This article explains it the best:-

Build Number component – Number of days since the year 2000.

Revision component – Number of seconds since midnight divided by 2 and yes this number is not random as stated by MSDN.

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