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From: mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Arexx file dates ?
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Date: 2 May 91 17:53:38 GMT
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In-Reply-To: Richard_Sullivan@mindlink.bc.ca's message of 30 Apr 91 22:29:11 GMT

In article <5695@mindlink.bc.ca> Richard_Sullivan@mindlink.bc.ca (Richard Sullivan) writes:
   There is a much simpler way to get the date:
      say date('n',word(statef(file_name),5))

That's an excellent way to get the day a file was created. If you want
something more accurate (i.e. - the time on that day), I'd use the
parse version. Date/time are good tools for turning the numbers
returned by statef into text strings suitable for printing.

Of course, there are more interesting things to do with file dates
than just print them....

	<mike
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