| The components are: | |
| ``<major>.<minor>`` | |
| The VS major and minor version numbers. | |
| These are the same as the release version numbers. | |
| ``<date>`` | |
| A build date in the format ``MMMDD``, where ``MMM`` is a month index | |
| since an epoch used by Microsoft, and ``DD`` is a day in that month. | |
| ``<build>`` | |
| A build index on the day represented by ``<date>``. | |
| The build number is reported by ``vswhere`` as ``installationVersion``. | |
| For example, VS 16.11.10 has build number ``16.11.32126.315``. |