Compare Creation date with Now()

[Anonymous]

I want to make a routine that will check all files in an assembly that have been changed since a user-selected date. I can't get the date to format into a regular number or a string, it seems to stay stuck as a "TimeStamp" format.

Does anyone know how I can use a TimeStamp as a Double, or even a string?

Thank you

Example (simplified)  code:

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Dim DateModif = iProperties.Value("Project", "Creation date")
Dim Maintenant As DateTime
Dim TimeText As String
Dim oTime as TimeSpan
Maintenant = Now
oTime = Now().Subtract(DateModif)
MessageBox.Show(DateModif, "iLogic")

The "Now().Subtract(DateModif)" seems to work, as it does not crash or cause any trouble, but I can't use oTime as any knid of variable.

Please help, Thanx.

[Owner2229 · Accepted solution]

Hi, how about this?

time1 = iProperties.Value("Project", "Creation date")
time2 = Now()
Dim ts As TimeSpan = time2 - time1
Dim elapsedTime As String = String.Format("{0:00} Days, {1:00} Hours, {2:00} Min, {3:00}.{4:00} Sec", ts.Days, ts.Hours, ts.Minutes, ts.Seconds, ts.Milliseconds / 10)
MsgBox(elapsedTime)

[Anonymous]

Awesome! I don't need that kind of precision, but I took what I wanted out of it. This is definitely going in my bag of tricks. 

We sometimes change parts in existing assemblies, and I'm the one who ends up digging in the assembly trying to find what file has changed so I can update the drawing. With this I'll be able to search for the parts modified at a certain date (or timeframe) and pull out a list so I don't forget anything. Of course I'll go for a "Modified date" instead of a "Creation date", but it should still work.

Two thumbs up, dude!