This method is obsolete. See the Remarks section below.

Description

The Utilities.FileGetDate method returns the date and time of the specified file as an integer value. To convert the resultant integer to a Variant value storing the date and time, use the FileDateToDateTime function.

Declaration

Utilities.FileGetDate(Handle)

Handle	[in]	Required	Integer
Result	Integer

Applies To

The method is applied to the following object:

Utilities

Parameters

The method has the following parameter:

Handle

Specifies the handle of the file whose timestamp you want to get. This handle is returned by the FileOpen or FileCreate routine.

Result Value

The integer value that holds the OS timestamp of the specified file.

Remarks

This method is obsolete. It is supported for backward compatibility only. To get the date and time attributes of a file, use the aqFile.GetLastWriteTime or method aqFileInfo.DateLastModified property.

Utilities.FileGetDate Method