' these provide information about your application
> FUNCTION app_timestamp !v1.00
  $F%  !build date/time in gemdos format, see xbios(23)
  RETURN LONG{HIMEM+12}
ENDFUNC
' build date and time in human readable form
' call MODE once before use to set the output format
> FUNCTION app_build_date$ !v1.00
  RETURN CHAR{HIMEM+130} !10 chars
ENDFUNC
> FUNCTION app_build_time$ !v1.00
  RETURN CHAR{HIMEM+120} !8 chars
ENDFUNC
' returns "68K" or "V4E" depending on the build type at compile time
> FUNCTION app_build_type$ !v1.00
  RETURN CHAR{HIMEM+154} !3 chars
ENDFUNC
' the revision of the compiler/linker at the moment your program was compiled
> FUNCTION compiler_revision !v1.00
  $F%
  RETURN LONG{HIMEM+8}
ENDFUNC
' these provide information about the library
' the revision of the library at the moment your program was compiled
> FUNCTION library_revision !v1.00
  $F%
  RETURN LONG{HIMEM+4}
ENDFUNC
> FUNCTION library_id$ !v1.00
  RETURN MKL$(LONG{HIMEM}) !'GBE3'
ENDFUNC