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<h1 id="hd_id3153361"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020407.xhp">FileDateTime Function</link></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3156423" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns a string that contains the date and the time that a file was created or last modified.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3154685">Syntax:</h2>
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<paragraph id="par_id3154124" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">FileDateTime (Text As String)</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3150448">Parameters:</h2>
<paragraph id="par_id3159153" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression that contains an unambiguous (no wildcards) file specification. You can also use <link href="text/sbasic/shared/00000002.xhp">URL notation</link>.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3155306" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">This function determines the exact time of creation or last modification of a file, returned in the format "MM.DD.YYYY HH.MM.SS".</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3146119">Example:</h2>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1340766944" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleFileDateTime</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340765712" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox FileDateTime("C:\autoexec.bat")</paragraph>
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