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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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llSuccess = .F.

//  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.

loFtp = createobject("CkFtp2")

loFtp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
loFtp.Username = "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.
loFtp.Password = "myPassword"

llSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

llSuccess = loFtp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

//  Not all servers report a creation time.
lcCreateTime = loFtp.GetCreateTimeByNameStr("report.pdf")
if (loFtp.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

? "Created: " + lcCreateTime

llSuccess = loFtp.Disconnect()
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif



release loFtp