From the gcc 'manual':
__DATE__This macro expands to a string constant that describes the date on which the preprocessor is being run. The string constant contains eleven characters and looks like "Feb 12 1996". If the day of the month is less than 10, it is padded with a space on the left.
If GCC cannot determine the current date, it will emit a warning message (once per compilation) and DATE will expand to "??? ?? ????".
__TIME__This macro expands to a string constant that describes the time at which the preprocessor is being run. The string constant contains eight characters and looks like "23:59:01".
If GCC cannot determine the current time, it will emit a warning message (once per compilation) and TIME will expand to "??:??:??".