Get Last Write Time of a File in C#

The SetLastWriteTime and GetLastWriteTime methods are used to set and get the last write date and time of a specified file in C#. 

The following code snippet sets and gets the last write date and time of a file.

// Get and set file last write time
string fileName = @"c:\temp\Mahesh.txt";
File.SetLastWriteTime(fileName, DateTime.Now);
DateTime dt = File.GetLastWriteTime(fileName);
Console.WriteLine("File last write time: {0}", dt.ToString());

 


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