CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Returns the date the file was last modified. The date is adjusted according to timezone. It returns a valid coldfusion date object. It uses the standard Java File object, which makes it very fast under Coldfusion MX

Return Values:
Returns a date.

Example:

<cfset filename="c:\autoexec.bat">
<cfoutput>
    Length: #FileLastModified(filename)#<br>
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Returns the date the file was last modified.
 * v2 fixes for DTS by Mark Woods (mwoods@online.ie)
 * 
 * @param filename      Name of the file. (Required)
 * @return Returns a date. 
 * @author Jesse Houwing (j.houwing@student.utwente.nl) 
 * @version 1, June 11, 2009 
 */
function FileLastModified(filename){
    var oFile = createObject("java","java.io.File");
    var oDate = createObject("java","java.util.Date");
    oFile.init(fileName);
    return oDate.init(oFile.lastModified());
}