Here is a Windows API version that is more powerful and doesn't rely on DOS. It has 2 main functions, FileDate$ and FileTime$. In addition to file creation time, you can get file last accessed time and file last written time.
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;GetFileTime
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;By Patrick Lester (turtle1776)
;This program contains 2 main functions, FileDate$() and FileTime$(), which
;get the time and date that the given file was created, last accessed, or last written.
;It also contains a number of lower-level functions that can get specific time
;and date information (month, year, day of week, etc.).
;These functions use Windows API calls, so you need to first add the following
;to your .decls text file (mine is called user32.decls) in your Blitz userlibs folder.
;.lib "kernel32.dll"
;api_OpenFile% (lpFileName$, lpReOpenBuff*, wStyle%) : "OpenFile"
;api_GetFileTime% (hFile%, lpCreationTime*, lpLastAccessTime*, lpLastWriteTime*) : "GetFileTime"
;api_FileTimeToLocalFileTime% (lpFileTime*, lpLocalFileTime*) : "FileTimeToLocalFileTime"
;api_FileTimeToSystemTime% (lpFileTime*, lpSystemTime*) : "FileTimeToSystemTime"
;api_CloseHandle% (hObject%) : "CloseHandle"
;For more information, see:
;http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/time_reference.asp
;http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fs/openfile.asp
;http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/closehandle.asp
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Print FileDate$("C:\Program Files\BlitzPlus\BlitzPlus.exe",2)
Print FileTime$("C:\Program Files\BlitzPlus\BlitzPlus.exe",2)
WaitKey()
End
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;MAIN FUNCTIONS
;This function uses the functions below to create a string containing
;the file date in the following format: MM-DD-YYYY.
;- Mode 0 = original file creation time
;- Mode 1 = last access time
;- Mode 2 = last write time
Function FileDate$(file$,mode=2)
bank=GetFileTime(file$,mode)
month = FileMonth(bank) : myMonth$ = month
If month = 0 Then FreeBank bank : Return "Error"
If month < 10 Then myMonth$ = "0"+ month
day = FileDay(bank) : myDay$ = day
If day < 10 Then myDay$ = "0"+ day
year = FileYear(bank)
FreeBank bank
Return myMonth$ + "-" + myDay$ + "-" + year
End Function
;This function uses the functions below to create a string containing
;the file time in hours, minutes and seconds as follows: HH:MM:SS
;Hours are returned in 0-23. You will need to convert to AM or PM if
;that is needed.
;- Mode 0 = original file creation time
;- Mode 1 = last access time
;- Mode 2 = last write time
Function FileTime$(file$,mode=2)
bank=GetFileTime(file$,mode)
If FileMonth(bank) = 0 Then FreeBank bank : Return "Error"
hour = FileHour(bank) : myHour$ = hour
If hour < 10 Then myHour$ = "0"+ hour
minute = FileMinute(bank) : myMinute$ = minute
If minute < 10 Then myMinute$ = "0"+ minute
second = FileSecond(bank) : mySecond$ = second
If second < 10 Then mySecond$ = "0"+ second
FreeBank bank
Return myHour$ + ":" + myMinute$ + ":" + mySecond
End Function
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;LOWER LEVEL UTILITY FUNCTIONS
;This function gets the file times for a given file and stores them in a
;bank, which is returned from the function. The time and date info
;can then be read from the bank using the other functions below. Don't
;forget to free the bank after you are done with it, as is done in the
;main 2 functions above.
;- Mode 0 = original file creation time
;- Mode 1 = last access time
;- Mode 2 = last write time
Function GetFileTime(file$,mode=2)
If mode < 0 Or mode > 2 Then Return ;error
If file$ = "" Then Return ; error
lpReOpenBuff = CreateBank (150)
lpCreationTime = CreateBank (8)
lpLastAccessTime = CreateBank (8)
lpLastWriteTime = CreateBank (8)
lpLocalFileTime = CreateBank (8)
lpSystemTime = CreateBank (16)
hFile = api_OpenFile% (file$, lpReOpenBuff, 0)
If hFile <> -1 ;if hFile = -1 then error, can't open file
result = api_GetFileTime (hFile, lpCreationTime, lpLastAccessTime, lpLastWriteTime)
If result = 1 ;if result <> 1 then error, can't get file time
If mode = 0 Then result = api_FileTimeToLocalFileTime(lpCreationTime,lpLocalFileTime)
If mode = 1 Then result = api_FileTimeToLocalFileTime(lpLastAccessTime,lpLocalFileTime)
If mode = 2 Then result = api_FileTimeToLocalFileTime(lpLastWriteTime,lpLocalFileTime)
If result = 1 ;if result <> 1 then error, can't convert to local time
result = api_FileTimeToSystemTime (lpLocalFileTime,lpSystemTime)
;note: if result <> 1 then function failed
End If
End If
api_CloseHandle(hFile)
End If
;Clean up and end function
FreeBank lpReOpenBuff : FreeBank lpCreationTime : FreeBank lpLastAccessTime
FreeBank lpLastWriteTime : FreeBank lpLocalFileTime
Return lpSystemTime
End Function
Function FileYear(bank)
If bank <= 0 Then Return ;invalid bank address
Return PeekShort(bank,0)
End Function
Function FileMonth(bank)
If bank <= 0 Then Return ;invalid bank address
Return PeekShort(bank,2)
End Function
Function FileDayOfWeek(bank)
If bank <= 0 Then Return ;invalid bank address
Return PeekShort(bank,4);0 = Sunday, 1= Monday, etc. ... 6 = Saturday
End Function
Function FileDay(bank)
If bank <= 0 Then Return ;invalid bank address
Return PeekShort(bank,6);0-31
End Function
Function FileHour(bank)
If bank <= 0 Then Return ;invalid bank address
Return PeekShort(bank,8) ;0-23 (you will need to convert to AM/PM as needed)
End Function
Function FileMinute(bank)
If bank <= 0 Then Return ;invalid bank address
Return PeekShort(bank,10) ;0-59
End Function
Function FileSecond(bank)
If bank <= 0 Then Return ;invalid bank address
Return PeekShort(bank,12) ;0-59
End Function
Function FileMillisec(bank)
If bank <= 0 Then Return ;invalid bank address
Return PeekShort(bank,14) ;0-999
End Function