Re: [DotGNU]System/IO/File.cs ... silly doubt

[Rhys Weatherley]

Gopal V wrote:
> 
>                 public static DateTime GetLastAccessTime(string path)
>                 {
>                         long time;
>                         DirMethods.GetLastAccess(path, out time);
>                         DateTime datetime = new DateTime(time);
>                         return 
> DateTime.Parse(String.Concat(datetime.ToShortDateString(), " ", 
> datetime.ToShortDateString()));
>                 }
> 
> What is the last line for ? .. why wouldn't 'return datetime' work ?

Yes it would, if "time" is in ticks.  The "GetLastAccess" internalcall
isn't currently implemented (volunteers wanted).  It needs to do a stat
and return the time value in ticks.

Ticks are "100 nanosecond" units since Jan 1, 0001.  See the
"GetCurrentTime" internalcall in "lib_time.c" and the function
"ILGetCurrTime" in "support/time.c" for an example of converting
between Unix time values and ticks.

Cheers,

Rhys.