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FileDateToDateTime

unit
Sysutils
category
file management routines

declaration
function FileDateToDateTime(FileDate: Integer): TDateTime;

description
Converts the system time stamp of a file to a TDateTime value.

A timestamp is a signed 32-bit integer, used by the OS to record information such as the date and time a file was modified.

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

 //Our application exe file "was" modified one day on the future  
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 DateTimeToFileDate Now, DateToStr, FormatDateTime, Date/Time and other International Settings


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