Stores the Apache Ant version (when used as task) or checks for a specific Ant version (when used as condition). Since Ant 1.7.0
| Attribute | Description | Required (Task) | Required (Condition) |
| atleast | The version that this at least. The format is major.minor.point. | No | One of these. |
| exactly | The version that this ant is exactly. The format is major.minor.point. | No | |
| property | The name of the property to set. | Yes | No (ignored) |
<antversion property="antversion"/>
Stores the current Ant version in the property antversion.
<antversion property="antversion" atleast="1.6"/>
Stores the Ant version in the property antversion if the current Ant version is 1.6.0 or higher. Otherwise the property remains unset.
<antversion property="ant-is-exact-7" exactly="1.7.0"/>
Sets the property ant-is-exact-7 if Ant 1.7.0 is running. Neither 1.6.5 nor 1.7.0 would match.
<condition property="Ant17isOnline">
<and>
<antversion exactly="1.7.0"/>
<http url="http://ant.apache.org"/>
</and>
</condition>
Sets Ant17isOnline if Ant 1.7.0 is running and can get a non-error-response from the Ant homepage.