Custom TFS Enviroment Variable doesn't read $(Date)

Question

I want to use a custom tfs variable like this:

MergedVersion: $(BuildVersion.Major).$(BuildVersion.Minor).$(Date:yy)$(DayOfYear)$(Rev:.r)

My pro

Answer 1

Building on top of @ChamindaC and @Andy Li-MSFT's answers, and using Peter Groenewegen's Xpirit Run Inline Powershell and Azure Powershell build extension, I was able to retrieve the $(rev:r) from the build number:

In the following MSBuild task I reference that as $(Revision).