#1551·jsdoc

Need option to skip footer date and time

Author: blakemcbrideCreated Jul 9, 2018Updated Sep 3, 2026

Every file jsdoc creates contains a footer that provides the date and time the document was generated. In general, this is good information, however, it is a problem as follows:

I am generating the jsdocs and uploading them to github. Every time I change a single character in one of my JavaScript files, every generated jsdoc file gets changed because the generated on datetime changes. In my case, I would prefer simple changes to produce simple output changes to avoid every file being updated.

What I would like is a command line option that eliminates the date and time on the footer. With this change, a few line change to the JavaScript files would lead to a few line change in the output.

One possibility would be to put the date and time one time on index.html. Or, even better, create a small file named BuildDatetime.js. Put it in there. The rest of the files would not have it on them. Truth is, although it's easy to mix up what set of docs you're using, it isn't often the case that you mix individual files.