Get an FTP Listing Entry's Creation Time

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetCreateTimeStr method, which returns the creation time of a cached directory-listing entry as an RFC 822 date-time string. The only argument is a zero-based index.

Dim success As Long
success = 0

'  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetCreateTimeStr method, which returns the creation time of a cached
'  directory-listing entry as an RFC 822 date-time string.  The only argument is a zero-based
'  index.

Dim ftp As New ChilkatFtp2

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

success = ftp.Connect()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  GetDirCount retrieves the directory listing on the first call and returns the number of
'  entries.  A negative return indicates failure.
Dim n As Long
n = ftp.GetDirCount()
If (n < 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To n - 1
    Dim name As String
    name = ftp.GetFilename(i)

    '  The value is an RFC 822 string such as "Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:55:06 -0600".  Not all servers
    '  report a creation time.
    Dim createTime As String
    createTime = ftp.GetCreateTimeStr(i)
    Debug.Print name & "  created " & createTime
Next

success = ftp.Disconnect()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If