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DateTimeToFileDate

unit
Sysutils
category
date/time routines

declaration
function DateTimeToFileDate(DateTime: TDateTime): Integer;

description
Converts a TDateTime value to a system timestamp value.

example
var aFile : string;
    aFileDateTime : TDateTime;
    aFileOSDate : integer;
begin
 aFile : = Application.ExeName;
 aFileOSDate := FileAge(aFile);
 
 if aFileOSDate = -1 then Exit; //invalid file
 
 aFileDateTime := DateAdd(Now,1); //add a day
 
 FileSetDate(aFile, DateTimeToFileDate(aFileDateTime));  

 //Fo, our application exe file "was" modified tomorow  
end;

in real code
Searching for Files
Stop. This is the one and only solution to file searching. Use Delphi to find any file in any directory and/or subdirectory that match a certain mask. Start searching.

see also
TDateTime FileDateToDateTime Now, DateToStr, FormatDateTime, Date/Time and other International Settings


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