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Property (As Date )

aFolderItem.ModificationDate = newDateValue
or
DateValue = aFolderItem.ModificationDate

Supported for all project types and targets.

The modification date of the FolderItem.

Notes

Do not modify the ModificationDate directly. Instead always assign a new Date instance to it. Refer to the example below.

On Windows, the ModificationDate cannot be changed if the file is open. This includes if it is open using a BinaryStream, TextInputStream or TextOutputStream. Close the file before changing the ModificationDate.

Example

This example displays the modification date in the ShortDate format.

Dim f As New FolderItem
f = GetOpenFolderItem("")
If f <> Nil Then
MsgBox(f.ModificationDate.ShortDate)
End If

Changing ModificationDate is slightly more complex. You cannot just change the ModificationDate property directly because you will simply be changing a date that is not persistent. Instead you need to create a new date instance with the date you want and then assign that to ModificationDate. Here is an example that "touches" a file by settings its modification date to the current date and time:

Dim f As New FolderItem
f = GetOpenFolderItem("")

If f <> Nil Then
Dim newDate As New Date
f.ModificationDate = newDate
End If