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Home >> Text Files >> Get the Creation Date of a File This code shows a simple way to get the creation date of a local file
<% ' declare variables dim fso, file, ourFile, ourFileDate ' specify a file ourFile = "filename.txt" ' get the creation date Set fso = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set file = fso.GetFile(ourFile) ourFileDate = file.DateCreated ' clean up our variables Set file = nothing Set fso = nothing ' ourFileDate now holds the creation ' date of the specified file %> What is ASP?
<?php // specify a filename $ourFile = "filename.txt"; // get the file size $ourFileDate = date("F d Y H:i:s.", filectime($ourFile)); // $ourFileDate now holds the creation // date of the specified file ?> What is PHP?