.NET Framework Class Library
FileSystemInfo.LastWriteTimeUtc Property

Gets or sets the time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), when the current file or directory was last written to.

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
<ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
Public Property LastWriteTimeUtc As DateTime
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As FileSystemInfo
Dim value As DateTime

value = instance.LastWriteTimeUtc

instance.LastWriteTimeUtc = value
C#
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)] 
public DateTime LastWriteTimeUtc { get; set; }
C++
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)] 
public:
property DateTime LastWriteTimeUtc {
    DateTime get ();
    void set (DateTime value);
}
J#
/** @property */
public DateTime get_LastWriteTimeUtc ()

/** @property */
public void set_LastWriteTimeUtc (DateTime value)
JScript
public function get LastWriteTimeUtc () : DateTime

public function set LastWriteTimeUtc (value : DateTime)

Property Value

The UTC time when the current file was last written to.
Exceptions

Exception typeCondition

IOException

Refresh cannot initialize the data.

PlatformNotSupportedException

The current operating system is not Microsoft Windows NT or later.

Remarks

When first called, FileSystemInfo calls Refresh and returns the cached information on APIs to get attributes and so on. On subsequent calls, you must call Refresh to get the latest copy of the information.

This property value is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if the file system containing the file does not support this information.

The following table lists examples of other typical or related I/O tasks.

To do this...

See the example in this topic...

Write to a text file.

How to: Write Text to a File

Read from a text file.

How to: Read Text from a File

Append text to a file.

How to: Open and Append to a Log File

File.AppendText

FileInfo.AppendText

Rename or move a file.

File.Move

FileInfo.MoveTo

Get the attributes of a file.

File.GetAttributes

Set the attributes of a file.

File.SetAttributes

Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition Platform Note: These operating systems do not support this property, and DirectoryInfo implementations of this property are not supported.

.NET Framework Security

Platforms

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.1
See Also

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