FILETIME Structure

Type FILETIME
  dwLowDateTime As Long
  dwHighDateTime As Long
End Type

Description & Usage

The FILETIME structure holds a date and time associated with a file. The structure identifies a 64-bit integer specifying the number of 100-nanosecond intervals which have passed since January 1, 1601. This 64-bit value is split into the two dwords stored in the structure.

Visual Basic-Specific Issues

None.

Parameters

dwLowDateTime

The low-order dword of the 64-bit integer specifying the date and time.

dwHighDateTime

The high-order dword of the 64-bit integer specifying the date and time.

Used By

BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION, CompareFileTime, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, FileTimeToSystemTime, GetFileTime, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, LocalFileTimeToFileTime, RegEnumKeyEx, SetFileTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, WIN32_FIND_DATA

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Last Modified: October 2, 1999
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