C

Get Create Date/Time of Files in a Remote Directory

Gets the creation date/times of files in a remote FTP directory.

9.5 Note: Linux and MacOSX filesystems do not keep a file's creation date/time. If the FTP server is running on such as system, then the Chilkat methods to return a creation date/time will instead return a last-modified date/time.

Also Note: FTP servers have differing capabilities. The "MLSD" command is not supported by all FTP servers. For such servers, only the last-modified date/time is returned per file or directory. Also, the precision of the date/time can vary.

Also, even if MLSD is supported, the server may not return "create" times. A sample MLSD response without "create" times is shown here:

MLSD
150 Opening data channel for directory listing of "/AAWorkarea"

(DirListingCharset: utf-8)
listing size = 1258
type=file;modify=20170915140700;size=1224; 2012-05-12T12_25_23.1481154Z.txt
type=file;modify=20170915140700;size=1297; 2012-05-12T12_25_27.2577797Z.txt
type=dir;modify=20180425163206; chilkat-php-5.6-win32
type=file;modify=20180425163146;size=3768683; chilkat-php-5.6-win32.zip
type=file;modify=20180222182447;size=9487872; chilkat_electron18_win32.tar
type=file;modify=20180222182447;size=3612565; chilkat_electron18_win32.tgz
type=dir;modify=20180903155724; DotNet4_CSharp_Sample
type=file;modify=20180227230517;size=469; meteorNotes.txt
type=dir;modify=20180227225933; my_cool_app
type=dir;modify=20180222183126; package
type=file;modify=20180214223538;size=9487872; package.tar
type=file;modify=20180214223538;size=3612484; package.tgz
type=dir;modify=20180312233811; phpAx
type=dir;modify=20170526002148; smartconnect_terminalemulatorR1.0.0.1
type=file;modify=20180503225204;size=21900478; smartconnect_terminalemulatorR1.0.0.1.zip
type=file;modify=20180503225117;size=1152; smartPay.txt
type=dir;modify=20180514140507; testVc10
type=dir;modify=20180612143825; thinlaunch
type=dir;modify=20180925173446; WindowsFormsApplication1
226 Successfully transferred "/AAWorkarea"

The original creation time of a file is only available if the "create" fact is returned in the MLSD response. See RFC 3659 - Format of Facts / Standard Facts

C

#include <C_CkFtp2.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFtp2 ftp;
    int n;
    int i;

    success = FALSE;

    //  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    ftp = CkFtp2_Create();

    CkFtp2_putHostname(ftp,"ftp.example.com");
    CkFtp2_putUsername(ftp,"myLogin");
    CkFtp2_putPassword(ftp,"myPassword");
    //  Use explicit TLS
    CkFtp2_putAuthTls(ftp,TRUE);
    CkFtp2_putPort(ftp,21);

    //  For debugging, turn on session logging so we can examine what is sent by the server.
    CkFtp2_putKeepSessionLog(ftp,TRUE);

    //  Connect and login to the FTP server.
    success = CkFtp2_Connect(ftp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    CkFtp2_ChangeRemoteDir(ftp,"AAWorkarea");

    CkFtp2_putListPattern(ftp,"*.*");
    n = CkFtp2_GetDirCount(ftp);
    printf("n = %d\n",n);

    i = 0;
    while (i < n) {
        //  Get the original creation date/time as a CkDateTime object.	
        printf("%d: %s, %s\n",i,CkFtp2_getFilename(ftp,i),CkFtp2_getCreateTimeStr(ftp,i));

        i = i + 1;
    }

    //  Show the session log so we can see the details of the FTP directory listing sent by the server.
    //  This tells us what information is available.  Some FTP servers provide better and more accurate information
    //  than others.

    printf("---- Session Log ----\n");
    printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_sessionLog(ftp));

    CkFtp2_Disconnect(ftp);


    CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);

    }