How to convert a file creationtime to localtime

[s_sivaskanthan]

Hi,

I'm a newbie to VB.NET and I'm having some difficulty in viewing the
file creation time. Most links I have read do not seem to have any
problem with viewing such information, but all I get is a date in the
year 1601??!!

Here's the code that I'm using:

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Imports System.IO.File
....
Dim FileProperties As System.IO.Fileinfo(filepath)
Dim FileDate As String

FileDate =
DateTime.FromFileTime(FileProperties.CreationTime.ToFileTime).ToLocalTime.ToLongDateString

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This gives me the date as "01/01/1601 11:00 AM"

I have seen someone doing it much simpler with:

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Dim fileName As String = "C:\Download\readme.txt"
Dim fileData As String
Dim fileDetails As System.IO.FileInfo = New
System.IO.FileInfo(fileName)

With fileDetails
fileData = "File was created at: " & _
.CreationTime.ToShortDateString
End With

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....and apparently that was sufficinet. This doesn;t work for me either.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Darkie

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Darkie,

I assume that sending twice was a misunderstanding, however for others who
will see the given answers. 18 minutes later there is the same question from
Darkie in this newsgroup.

Please wait next time a little while if a message shows up.

Therefore I use this one with the outlook express newsreader.

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.languates.vb

I hope this helps,

Cor