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Get a Remote FTP File's Creation Time by Name

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetCreateTimeByNameStr method, which returns the creation time of a named item in the current remote directory as an RFC 822 date-time string. The only argument is the filename.

Background: Creation time is the least commonly supported of the timestamps — many servers report only the modification time — so treat an empty or missing result as "not available" rather than an error. Where it is provided, it is useful precisely because it does not change when a file is edited.

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var
success: Boolean;
ftp: HCkFtp2;
createTime: PWideChar;

begin
success := False;

//  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetCreateTimeByNameStr method, which returns the creation time of a named
//  item in the current remote directory as an RFC 822 date-time string.  The only argument is the
//  filename.

ftp := CkFtp2_Create();

CkFtp2_putHostname(ftp,'ftp.example.com');
CkFtp2_putUsername(ftp,'myFtpLogin');

//  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
//  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
CkFtp2_putPassword(ftp,'myPassword');

success := CkFtp2_Connect(ftp);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkFtp2__lastErrorText(ftp));
    Exit;
  end;

success := CkFtp2_ChangeRemoteDir(ftp,'public_html');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkFtp2__lastErrorText(ftp));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Not all servers report a creation time.
createTime := CkFtp2__getCreateTimeByNameStr(ftp,'report.pdf');
if (CkFtp2_getLastMethodSuccess(ftp) = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkFtp2__lastErrorText(ftp));
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('Created: ' + createTime);

success := CkFtp2_Disconnect(ftp);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkFtp2__lastErrorText(ftp));
    Exit;
  end;

CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);