Syntax

FileDateTime(filename$)

Description

Returns a Date variant representing the date and time of the last modification of a file.

Comments

This function retrieves the date and time of the last modification of the file specified by filename$ (wildcards are not allowed). A runtime error results if the file does not exist. The value returned can be used with the date/time functions (i.e., Year, Month, Day, Weekday, Minute, Second, Hour) to extract the individual elements.

Example

This example gets the file date/time of the autoexec.bat file and displays it in a dialog box.

Sub Main()
  If FileExists("c:\autoexec.bat") Then
    a# = FileDateTime("c:\autoexec.bat")
    MsgBox "The date/time information for the file is: " & Year(a#) & "-" & Month(a#) & "-" & Day(a#)
  Else
    MsgBox "The file does not exist."
  End If
End Sub

See Also

FileLen (function); GetAttr (function); FileAttr (function); FileExists (function).

Notes:

The Win32 operating system stores the file creation date, last modification date, and the date the file was last written to. The FileDateTime function only returns the last modification date.

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