C# Directory GetLastWriteTime
Description
Directory GetLastWriteTime Returns the date and time
the specified file or directory was last written to.
Syntax
Directory.GetLastWriteTime has the following syntax.
public static DateTime GetLastWriteTime(
string path
)
Parameters
Directory.GetLastWriteTime has the following parameters.
path- The file or directory for which to obtain modification date and time information.
Returns
Directory.GetLastWriteTime method returns A structure that is set to the date and time the specified file or directory
was last written to. This value is expressed in local time.
Example
The following example demonstrates how to use GetLastWriteTime.
//from w w w. j a v a 2 s .c om
using System;
using System.IO;
public class DirectoryUTCTime
{
public static void Main()
{
string n = @"C:\test\newdir";
DateTime dtime1 = new DateTime(2014, 1, 3);
DateTime dtime2 = new DateTime(1999, 1, 1);
Directory.SetCreationTime(n, dtime1);
Directory.SetLastAccessTimeUtc(n, dtime1);
Console.WriteLine("Creation Date: {0}", Directory.GetCreationTime(n));
Console.WriteLine("UTC creation Date: {0}", Directory.GetCreationTimeUtc(n));
Console.WriteLine("Last write time: {0}", Directory.GetLastWriteTime(n));
Console.WriteLine("UTC last write time: {0}", Directory.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(n));
Console.WriteLine("Last access time: {0}", Directory.GetLastAccessTime(n));
Console.WriteLine("UTC last access time: {0}", Directory.GetLastAccessTimeUtc(n));
Directory.SetLastWriteTimeUtc(n, dtime2);
Console.WriteLine("Changed last write time: {0}", Directory.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(n));
}
}