Author: Jonas Bilinkevicius

How to get the time stamp of a directory

Answer:

Solve 1:

1   program Project1;
2   
3   uses
4     Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs;
5   
6   function GetTimeStamp(Directory: string): TDateTime;
7   var
8     Search: TSearchRec;
9   begin
10    Result := 0;
11    if FindFirst(Directory + '.', faDirectory, Search) = 0 then
12    begin
13      Result := FileDateToDateTime(Search.Time);
14    end
15    else
16      MessageDlg('Directory doesnt exist', mtWarning, [mbOK], 0);
17    FindClose(Search);
18  end;
19  
20  begin
21    MessageDlg('Folder Create Date: ' + DateTimeToStr(GetTimeStamp('c:\temp\')),
22      mtWarning, [mbOK], 0);
23  end.



Solve 2:

24  function FileTimeToDateTime(FileTime: TFileTime): TDateTime;
25  var
26    LocalFileTime: TFileTime;
27    SystemTime: TSystemTime;
28  begin
29    FileTimeToLocalFileTime(FileTime, LocalFileTime);
30    FileTimeToSystemTime(LocalFileTime, SystemTime);
31    Result := SystemTimeToDateTime(SystemTime);
32  end;
33  
34  procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
35  var
36    FSearchRec: TSearchRec;
37    DirDate: TDateTime;
38  begin
39    FindFirst('C:\Temp', faDirectory, FSearchRec);
40    DirDate := FileTimeToDateTime(FSearchRec.FindData.ftCreationTime);
41    ShowMessage(DateTimeToStr(DirDate));
42  end;