std::filesystem::file_time_type

 

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Filesystem library

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filesystem::path filesystem::filesystem_error filesystem::directory_entry filesystem::directory_iterator filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator filesystem::file_status	filesystem::space_info filesystem::file_type filesystem::perms filesystem::perm_options filesystem::copy_options filesystem::directory_options filesystem::file_time_type
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Defined in header <filesystem>
using file_time_type = std::chrono::time_point</*trivial-clock*/>;		(since C++17) (until C++20)
using file_time_type = std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::file_clock>;		(since C++20)

Represents file time.

trivial-clock is an implementation-defined type that satisfies TrivialClock and is sufficient to represent the resolution and range of the file time values offered by the filesystem.

(until C++20)

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <chrono>
#include <iomanip>
#include <fstream>
#include <filesystem>
namespace fs = std::filesystem;
using namespace std::chrono_literals;
int main()
{
    fs::path p = fs::current_path() / "example.bin";
    std::ofstream(p.c_str()).put('a'); // create file
    auto ftime = fs::last_write_time(p);
 
    // assuming system_clock for this demo
    // note: not true on MSVC; C++20 will allow portable output
    std::time_t cftime = decltype(ftime)::clock::to_time_t(ftime);
    std::cout << "File write time is " << std::asctime(std::localtime(&cftime)) << '\n';
 
    fs::last_write_time(p, ftime + 1h); // move file write time 1 hour to the future
    ftime = fs::last_write_time(p); // read back from the filesystem
 
    cftime = decltype(ftime)::clock::to_time_t(ftime);
    std::cout << "File write time is " << std::asctime(std::localtime(&cftime)) << '\n';
    fs::remove(p);
}

Possible output:

File write time is Tue Mar 31 19:47:04 2015
 
File write time is Tue Mar 31 20:47:04 2015

See also

last_write_time (C++17)

gets or sets the time of the last data modification (function)