diff --git a/EmbeddedPkg/Include/Library/TimeBaseLib.h b/EmbeddedPkg/Include/Library/TimeBaseLib.h
index 4103c89b38..ee2f191d98 100644
--- a/EmbeddedPkg/Include/Library/TimeBaseLib.h
+++ b/EmbeddedPkg/Include/Library/TimeBaseLib.h
@@ -12,6 +12,38 @@
 
 #include <Uefi/UefiBaseType.h>
 
+//
+// Convenience macros to obtain a build date
+//
+// These macros should work for any compiler that follows ISO/IEC 9899,
+// in which case __DATE__ is defined as a "Mmm dd yyyy" 11 chars string,
+// but add an explicit filter for compilers that have been validated.
+//
+#if (defined(__GNUC__) || defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__clang__))
+#define TIME_BUILD_YEAR  (__DATE__[7] == '?' ? 1900 \
+          : (((__DATE__[7] - '0') * 1000 )          \
+          + (__DATE__[8] - '0') * 100               \
+          + (__DATE__[9] - '0') * 10                \
+          + __DATE__[10] - '0'))
+#define TIME_BUILD_MONTH ( __DATE__ [2] == '?' ? 1  \
+          : __DATE__ [2] == 'n' ? (                 \
+            __DATE__ [1] == 'a' ? 1 : 6)            \
+          : __DATE__ [2] == 'b' ? 2                 \
+          : __DATE__ [2] == 'r' ? (                 \
+            __DATE__ [0] == 'M' ? 3 : 4)            \
+          : __DATE__ [2] == 'y' ? 5                 \
+          : __DATE__ [2] == 'l' ? 7                 \
+          : __DATE__ [2] == 'g' ? 8                 \
+          : __DATE__ [2] == 'p' ? 9                 \
+          : __DATE__ [2] == 't' ? 10                \
+          : __DATE__ [2] == 'v' ? 11                \
+          : 12)
+#define TIME_BUILD_DAY ( __DATE__[4] == '?' ? 1     \
+          : ((__DATE__[4] == ' ' ? 0 :              \
+            ((__DATE__[4] - '0') * 10))             \
+          + __DATE__[5] - '0'))
+#endif
+
 // Define EPOCH (1970-JANUARY-01) in the Julian Date representation
 #define EPOCH_JULIAN_DATE                               2440588