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GetFileTime - Return File Creation Date, Last Access Date, or Last Modified Date

Valid on NetWare, Symbian OS, UNIX, Windows and Windows CE

The GetFileTime function returns the creation date of a file (format 1), or, if the type of time is specified (format 2), the creation date, or last access date, or last modification date.

Function format:

GetFileTime(filename as String) as DateTime

GetFileTime(filename as String, type as Integer) as DateTime

filename

Specifies the name of the file to investigate.

type

Type of file time to retrieve.

The following values are valid:

0 Date and time of creation.

1 Date and time of last access.

2 Date and time of last modification (Default).

The DateTime structure is defined as follows:

Type DateTime

Year as Integer
Month as Integer
Day as Integer
DayOfWeek as Integer
Hour as Integer
Minute as Integer
Second as Integer

End Type

On successful completion, the function returns the creation date and time of a file (format 1), or the time specified in type (format 2). If the file does not exist, it returns a DateTime structure with all members set to -1.

Example:

dim size as integer
dim time as DateTime
dim out as string

size=GetFileSize("C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT")
if (size<>-1) then
	 out="File size: "+chr(9)+chr(9)+str(size)+" bytes"+ chr(10)
	 time=GetFileTime("C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT")
	 out=out+"Creation date: "+chr(9)+str(time.month)+"/"+str(time.day)+"/"+str(time.year)
	 out=out+" "+str(time.hour)+":"+str(time.minute)+" "
	 MsgBox("Information on C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT"+chr(10)+chr(10)+out)

else
	 MsgBox("Cannot find C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT")
end if
end: