Hi Vikas What exactly are you trying to do with the detection of the file age ?
The file timestamp will reflect the system time at the time the file is saved - so obviously if the system time is changed then the timestamp on the file will reflect that changed timestamp ! HTH David On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:37:22 +0530, you wrote: >Hi, > >I have one query regarding the age of the file. > >well is there anyway to find which file is new one. Ok let me explain my >problem usign an example > >let say i have 2 files both same files text1.txt and text1. > >data is text1 >************* >Delphi 5 >************* > >and it is genared at say 8th jan 2008 2:30 pm > >now i open the tex1 file again and add more lines in it > data is text1 >************* >Delphi 5 try Delphi 6 >************* > >Now the file is saved at say 8th jan 2008 3:00pm > >when i used FileAge function it showed file saved at 3:00pm is new > > >but i faced one problem i changed my system time to 10 december 2007 and i >added more lines in it > > data is text1 >************* >Delphi 5 try Delphi 6 > try Delphi 2007 >************* > >Adn i saved it at 10 december 2007 4 pm > >now the 10 dcember file should be the altest one sicne i have just done >canges in it >but the file age function failed here it showed the file genrated at >10december the old one and things went completly wrong > >Can any one suggets me any function or way i can track the file chnage i >mean any way i can trace the cahnce ireespective of system time > >i will really apreciate your help since i am badly struck at this stage > >Regards >Vikas _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe
