FTPDate (Function)

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FTPDate (Function)

In french: FTPDate

Returns the different dates of a file (date the file was created, modified or accessed) located on an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).

Returns the date a file located on an FTP server was last modified (File Transfer Protocol).

New in SaaS
A new syntax for manipulating variables of type ftpConnection is available from WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025 - Update 2.

For more details, see Using new features exclusive to WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025.

Example

See additional examples

// Get the modification date of
// "/Documents/File.txt" on the FTP server
ResDate = FTPDate(ConnectionNumber, "/Documents/File.txt")

New in SaaS

// Syntax not available in PHP
// Connect the current computer to the FTP server
MyFTPConnection is ftpConnection
MyFTPConnection.Server = "192.54.12.8"
FTPConnect(MyFTPConnection)

// Get the modification date of
// "/Documents/File.txt" on the FTP server
ResDate = FTPDate(MyFTPConnection, "/Documents/File.txt")

Syntax

New in SaaS

Syntax not available in PHP

Getting the different dates of a file (connection via an ftpConnection variable) Hide the details

<Result> = FTPDate(<FTP connection> [, <File name>] [, <Type of date>])

<Result>: Character string

Requested date (YYYYMMDD format).
Only the date the file was last modified is available.
Empty string ("") if an error occurred. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.

<FTP connection>: ftpConnection variable

Name of the ftpConnection variable that describes the characteristics of the connection to the FTP server.
Note: This variable type is only available from WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025 - Update 2.
For more details, see Using new features exclusive to WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025.

<File name>: Optional character string

Name and full (or relative) path of the file be accessed. The different path sections are separated by "slashes" ("/").
If this parameter is not specified, the date returned will be that of the last file accessed using one of the following FTP functions: FTPDate, FTPTime, FTPSize, FTPListFile. In this case, no request is sent to the server. This syntax is recommended.

<Type of date>: Optional constant

Requested date:
ftpAccess Date the file was last accessed.
ftpCreation Date the file was created.
ftpModification
(Default value) Date the file was last modified.

This parameter is not available. Only the date the file was last modified is returned.

Getting the different dates of a file (connection via the identifier of the connection to the FTP server) Hide the details

<Result> = FTPDate(<Connection ID> , <File name> [, <Type of date>]])

<Result>: Character string

Requested date (YYYYMMDD format).
Only the date the file was last modified is returned.
Empty string ("") if an error occurred. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.

<Connection ID>: Integer

Connection identifier, returned by FTPConnect.
This parameter is a Variant parameter.

<File name>: Character string

Name and full (or relative) path of the file be accessed. The different path sections are separated by "slashes" ("/").

<Type of date>: Optional constant

Requested date:
ftpAccess Date the file was last accessed.
ftpCreation Date the file was created.
ftpModification
(Default value) Date the file was last modified.

This parameter is not available. Only the date the file was last modified is returned.

Note: If the <Connection ID> and <File name> parameters are not specified, the date returned will be that of the last file accessed using one of the following FTP functions: FTPDate, FTPTime, FTPSize, FTPListFile. In this case, no request is sent to the server. This syntax is recommended.

Remarks

File date

Due to a bug in a Microsoft component, the year returned by FTPDate may be invalid for some versions of Internet Explorer 5.0. If the file was created or modified on the same day, the date may be one year earlier than the actual date.

Timeout

By default, all the FTP functions fail if the FTP server does not respond within 20 seconds. This time can be modified:

when connecting to the FTP server with FTPConnect (<Timeout> parameter).
New in SaaS
when defining the parameters of the ftpConnection variable (Timeout property).
Note: This feature is only available from WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025 - Update 2.
For more details, see Using new features exclusive to WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025.

Rights of users

Only a user who has read rights on the FTP server can get information about the files or the directories located on an FTP server. In most cases, the read rights are granted to the "anonymous" users.

Relative and absolute path

The notions of relative path and absolute path are very important in an FTP application.

A path beginning with a slash is considered an absolute path. This path is relative to the root of the FTP server (server-specific parameter).
ex: /pub/user/JULIA
If the path does not begin with a slash, it is considered a relative path, i.e. the path relative to the current directory. This current directory can be obtained or changed using FTPCurrentDir.

When connecting to an FTP site, the initial directory (the "base directory" of the user) is not necessarily found at the root of the FTP server. Therefore, we recommend that you use relative paths.

Required permissions

This function changes the permissions required by the application.
Required permission: INTERNET
This permission allows the applications to open the network sockets.

Business / UI classification: Business Logic

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