diff --git a/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake b/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake
--- a/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ find_package(Git QUIET PATHS "${GIT_EXEC

 # generate git/build information
 include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
-if(NOT GIT_REF_SPEC)
-    get_git_head_revision(GIT_REF_SPEC GIT_REV)
-endif()
-if(NOT GIT_DESC)
-    git_describe(GIT_DESC --always --long --dirty)
-endif()
-if (NOT GIT_BRANCH)
-  git_branch_name(GIT_BRANCH)
-endif()
-get_timestamp(BUILD_DATE)
+#if(NOT GIT_REF_SPEC)
+#    get_git_head_revision(GIT_REF_SPEC GIT_REV)
+#endif()
+#if(NOT GIT_DESC)
+#    git_describe(GIT_DESC --always --long --dirty)
+#endif()
+#if (NOT GIT_BRANCH)
+#  git_branch_name(GIT_BRANCH)
+#endif()
+#get_timestamp(BUILD_DATE)

 # Generate cpp with Git revision from template
 # Also if this is a CI build, add the build name (ie: Nightly, Canary) to the scm_rev file as well
@@ -56,4 +56,5 @@ endif()
 
 # The variable SRC_DIR must be passed into the script
 # (since it uses the current build directory for all values of CMAKE_*_DIR)
+set(BUILD_FULLNAME "${BUILD_FULLNAME} ")
 configure_file("${SRC_DIR}/src/common/scm_rev.cpp.in" "scm_rev.cpp" @ONLY)
diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
       -DBUILD_TAG=${BUILD_TAG}
       -DBUILD_ID=${DISPLAY_VERSION}
       -DGIT_EXECUTABLE=${GIT_EXECUTABLE}
+      -DBUILD_DATE=${BUILD_DATE}
       -P ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake
     DEPENDS
       # WARNING! It was too much work to try and make a common location for this list,