db.getModDate

Syntax db.getModDate (f, path)

Params f is a filespec or path string of a Frontier object database file that has been opened with db.open.

path is a valid UserTalk address string

Action Retrieves the last modification date of the item whose path is supplied and returns it.

Returns The last modification date of something stored in a Frontier object database.

Examples db.getModDate ("System:Frontier:old.root", "examples.age")
Notes The database file specified in the parameter "f" must be opened using db.open before calling this verb.

Modification dates are only stored for non-scalar values like tables and outlines.

path can be a full or partial database address; the paths table of the target database is used to interpret it.

See Also timeModified

db.open

db.getValue

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