File Date & Time - Where is it stored?

[KayJay]

I've searched Google, Microsoft and these boards. Nothing has turned up to answer the following question.

Q) Where in a file is the files' Date and Time properties stored. They cannot be stored in the OS alone as any transfer of the file carries along with it correct details of date and time. e.g. The last modified date is the same when a file is transferred across the network. So where are these propertie stored?

[si_the_geek]

As far as I'm aware it's not stored in the OS or in the file itself - it is stored on the drive that holds the file (in the FAT - File Allocation Table).

[KayJay]

Thanks!!. Did not strike me at all and surprised that that statement was never made in any of the links thrown up by "FILE DATE TIME WINDOWS STORED WHERE LOCATION"

That said, how does one read the values directly from FAT? Yes Can Do in VB?

Thank again.

[Emo]

what if somebody has NTFS??

-Emo

[si_the_geek]

That said, how does one read the values directly from FAT? Yes Can Do in VB?

Er.. no. The best you could do is use the VB function "FileDateTime", which will give you the same answer.

Originally posted by Emo
what if somebody has NTFS??

-Emo

There is still a File Allocation Table (there has to be, otherwise the files could never be found!). It just has security info as well as just file details.

[KayJay]

Thanks for the info.

[DiGiTaIErRoR]

You're all wrong.

The value is stored on your mobo, in your cmos(the thing that stores your bios info).

You can peek the memory offsets, what they are, no idea.

[KayJay]

Is that true? Every date and time property of every File in my computer is stored in the MotherBoard/CMOS?

[si_the_geek]

of course not, that would be ridiculous... if you want to prove it just move a hard drive from one machine to another - it still know where all the files are

[si_the_geek]

(and of course dates etc)

[KayJay]

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