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Function name : GetFileTime

Group: Time - Library: kernel32

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Retrieves the date and time that a file was created, last accessed, and last modified.

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Code examples:

Comparing file times
HOWTO: Use the Win32 API to Access File Dates and Times

Declaration:

BOOL GetFileTime(
  HANDLE hFile,                 // handle to file
  LPFILETIME lpCreationTime,    // creation time
  LPFILETIME lpLastAccessTime,  // last access time
  LPFILETIME lpLastWriteTime    // last write time
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE GetFileTime IN kernel32;
	INTEGER  hFile,;
	STRING @ lpCreationTime,;
	STRING @ lpLastAccessTime,;
	STRING @ lpLastWriteTime  

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Parameters:

hFile [in] Handle to the files for which to get dates and times.

lpCreationTime [out] Pointer to a FILETIME structure to receive the date and time the file was created.

lpLastAccessTime [out] Pointer to a FILETIME structure to receive the date and time the file was last accessed.

lpLastWriteTime [out] Pointer to a FILETIME structure to receive the date and time the file was last written to.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

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