http://blog.42go.com/play-framework-apps-be-version-aware/

Build.scala

import org.joda.time.{DateTime, DateTimeZone, LocalDate, LocalTime}
import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat
...
val BUILD_DATETIME_FORMAT = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyyMMdd-HHmm")
  .withLocale(Locale.ENGLISH)
  .withZone(DateTimeZone.forID("America/Los_Angeles"))
val buildTime = BUILD_DATETIME_FORMAT.print(new DateTime(DateTimeZone.forID("America/Los_Angeles")))
val appVersion = "%s-%s-%s".format(buildTime,
  "git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD".!!.trim, "git rev-parse --short HEAD".!!.trim)
val PT = DateTimeZone.forID("America/Los_Angeles")
val now = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z")
  .withLocale(Locale.ENGLISH).withZone(PT).print(new DateTime(PT))
 
def writeToFile(fileName: String, value: String) = {
  val file = new PrintWriter(new File(fileName))
  try { file.print(value) } finally { file.close() }
}
 
writeToFile("conf/app_version.txt", appVersion)
writeToFile("conf/app_compilation_date.txt", now)

Server.scala

lazy val currentVersion: ServiceVersion = current.mode match {
  case Mode.Test = ServiceVersion("Test mode service")
  case _ = ServiceVersion(io.Source.fromURL(Play.resource("app_version.txt").get).mkString)
}

lazy val compilationTime: DateTime = current.mode match {
  case Mode.Test = currentDateTime
  case _ =
    val timeStr = io.Source.fromURL(Play.resource("app_compilation_date.txt").get).mkString
    DateTimeFormat.forPattern("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z")
        .withLocale(Locale.ENGLISH)
        .withZone(zones.PT).parseDateTime(timeStr)
}