The getfiledate procedure

Description

The getfiledate procedure retrieves the modification date of a file.

Parameter

  1. The first parameter is an expression of string type or char type which is the name of the file whose modification date is to be retrieved.
  2. The second parameter is a reference to a variable of integer type or word type which will store the year part of the date the file was last modified.
  3. The third parameter is a reference to a variable of integer type or word type which will store the month part (1 to 12) of the date the file was last modified.
  4. The fourth parameter is a reference to a variable of integer type or word type which will store the day part (1 to 31) of the date the file was last modified.

Example

Suppose the file 'c:\irie\readme.txt' was last modified on Wednesday September 30, 1998 then after:

    getfiledate('c:\irie\readme.txt', year, month, day)

    year = 1998
    month = 9
    day = 30

Portability

Operating Systems: All
Standard Pascal: No