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# Formatter Properties

The properties of the Formatter class are listed below. For a complete list of Formatter class members, see the Formatter Members topic.

#### Public Instance Properties

IfDefined | Indicates if the formatter should be used to format the timestamp. If true then the formatter will be used; otherwise, skipped. The default is true.
Name (inherited from Element) | Gets the name of the XML element used to initialize this element.
NamespaceManager (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the XmlNamespaceManager.
Parent (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the parent of the element.
Pattern | The string pattern to use to format the property.
Project (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the Project to which this element belongs.
Properties (inherited from Element) | Gets the properties local to this Element and the Project.
Property | The name of the NAnt property to set.
UnlessDefined | Indicates if the formatter should be not used to format the timestamp. If false then the formatter will be used; otherwise, skipped. The default is false.

#### Protected Instance Properties

CustomXmlProcessing (inherited from Element) | Gets a value indicating whether the element is performing additional processing using the XmlNode that was used to initialize the element.
Location (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the location in the build file where the element is defined.
XmlNode (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the XML node of the element.

#### See Also

Formatter Class | NAnt.Core.Types Namespace