After 10 minutes of research I've found this blog entry describing how the AssemblyVersion build and revision numbers are determined if you use the following syntax in the AssemblyInfo.vb file (found in the "My Project" folder of your component or application)

<Assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")>
<Assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.*")>

It seems that build is the number of days since a predetermined date (controlled by a windows registry setting and by default Jan 1, 200) and revision is the number of seconds since midnight.

I've started displaying this information on some internal web pages so I can track what build/revision of various DLLs were in place when an error occurred.

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I rediscovered www.codeplex.com today. I have several utilities that I wrote that I think I will post out here, starting with my jChart charting library. I've installed TortoiseSVN and SVNBridge and am now looking at how these tools are used.