Add link to Javadoc for date format + general clean-up.

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 <h2><a name="tstamp">Tstamp</a></h2>

 <h3>Description</h3>
 <p>Sets the DSTAMP, TSTAMP and TODAY properties in the current project. The
 DSTAMP is in the &quot;yyyymmdd&quot; format, the TSTAMP is in the &quot;hhmm&quot;
 format and TODAY is &quot;month day year&quot;.</p>
 <p>These properties can be used in the buildfile, for instance, to create
 timestamped filenames or used to replace placeholder tags inside documents to
 indicate, for example, the release date. The best place for this task is in your
 initialization target.</p>
 <p>Sets the <code>DSTAMP</code>, <code>TSTAMP</code>, and <code>TODAY</code>
 properties in the current project. The <code>DSTAMP</code> property is in the
 format &quot;yyyymmdd&quot;, <code>TSTAMP</code> is in the
 format &quot;hhmm&quot;, and <code>TODAY</code> is in the
 format &quot;month day year&quot;.

 <p>These properties can be used in the build-file, for instance, to create
 time-stamped filenames, or used to replace placeholder tags inside documents
 to indicate, for example, the release date. The best place for this task is
 probably in an initialization target.

 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
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 <h3>Nested Elements</h3>
 The tstamp task supports a format nested element which allows a property to be
 given the current date and time in a given format. The date/time patterns are as defined in the Java 
 SimpleDateFormat class. 
 The Tstamp task supports a <code>&lt;format&gt;</code> nested element that
 allows a property to be set to the current date and time in a given format.
 The date/time patterns are as defined in the Java 
 <a href=http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html>SimpleDateFormat</a> class. 


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    <td valign="top">property</td>
    <td valign="top">
        The property which is to receive the date/time string in the given pattern
        The property to receive the date/time string in the given pattern.
    </td>
    <td align="center" valign="top">Yes</td>
  </tr>
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    <td valign="top">pattern</td>
    <td valign="top">The date/time pattern to be used. The values are defined by the Java
                     SimpleDateFormat class</td>
    <td valign="top">The date/time pattern to be used. The values are as defined by the Java SimpleDateFormat class.</td>
    <td align="center" valign="top">Yes</td>
  </tr>
 </table>

 <h3>Examples</h3>
 <p> Set the standard DSTAMP, TSTAMP and TODAY properties according to the formats above</p>
 <pre>  &lt;tstamp/&gt;</pre>

 <p> As for the above example, set the standard properties and also set the property 
 &quot;TODAY_UK&quot; with the date/time pattern &quot;d MMM yyyy&quot;</p>
 <pre>
  &lt;tstamp/&gt;
 </pre>

 <pre>  &lt;tstamp&gt;
    &lt;format property=&quot;TODAY_UK&quot; pattern=&quot;d MMMM yyyy&quot;/&gt;
 <p>
 sets the standard <code>DSTAMP</code>, <code>TSTAMP</code>,
 and <code>TODAY</code> properties according to the default formats.</p>
 <pre>
  &lt;tstamp&gt;
    &lt;format property=&quot;TODAY_UK&quot; pattern=&quot;d-MMMM-yyyy&quot;/&gt;
  &lt;/tstamp&gt;
 </pre>
 <p>
 sets the standard properties as well as the property
 <code>TODAY_UK</code> with the date/time pattern &quot;d-MMMM-yyyy&quot;
 (eg., 21-May-2001).

 <hr>
 <p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2000,2001 Apache Software Foundation. All rights
 Reserved.</p>
 <p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2000,2001 Apache Software Foundation. All rights Reserved.</p>

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