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How to Get Last Accessed/Created/Modified File Date and Time

Keywords:    fileymdhms  accessed time access date  creation date modify date

Question:

Does anyone know who to check for a file access date? The FileYMDHMS function returns the modified date, but I need something that compares the accessed date to determine if the file has been accessed in the last six months.

Answer:

FileTimeGetEx gets extended time information for a file or directory.
created = FileTimeGetEx("C:\windows\win.ini",1)
modified = FileTimeGetEx("C:\windows\win.ini",2)
accessed = FileTimeGetEx("C:\windows\win.ini",3)

Message("WIN.INI - File Times", strcat("Created: ",created,@CRLF,"Modified: ",modified,@CRLF,"Accessed: ",accessed,@CRLF))


Article ID:   W13237
Filename:   Get Date when File was Last Accessed Created Modified.txt