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jeeejay
Contributor
12 years ago

Account for Daylight Saving in aqFile.GetLastWriteTime

Hello,



We have a script where we check for the 'Last Modified' date of a given file and compare it with an expected value. If they do not match, then we perform some other actions.



Since yesterday, the function started reporting a difference for all files - the difference being exactly one hour which is obviously due to daylight saving.



So in Windows Explorer, Date Modified for a particuar file is displayed as 2:30 PM but aqFile.GetLastWriteTime returns 1:30 PM for the same file. I'd like to know the reason for this behavior.



I know I can simply change the expected values, or add a line of code by using aqDateTime.AddHours() to make the comparison pass however; I'm looking for a more robust solution within TestComplete.
  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    TanyaYatskovska
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    12 years ago

    Hi,


     


    That's strange. Let's check how Microsoft's FileSystemObject object works in this situation. Could you please execute the following code and let us know what result you get?




     function GetFileDateLastModified()


     {


       var fs, file;


       var FileName = "PathToTheFile";


       fs = Sys.OleObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");


       if (fs.FileExists(FileName))


       {


         file = fs.GetFile(FileName);


         var dateLastModified = file.DateLastModified;


         Log.Message(dateLastModified);


       }


     }