Re: [whatwg] New File attributes creationDate, modificationDate and size

On 5/12/10 4:25 AM, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 00:05 -0400, Biju wrote:
>
>    
>> It would be good if we can also get the same at server side when user
>> upload a file using form with file controls
>> ie, like the suggestion at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=549253
>> (it works even with javascript disabled)
>>
>> Also remember modificationDate can be a time before creationDate on windows.
>> This is because modificationDate get copied when you copy a file,
>> hence it almost shows modificationDate of the actual content.
>>
>> creationDate on other hand is file creation time on the
>> folder/directory and when you copy a file to a new directory, it will
>> be showing the coping time.
>>
>> PS, for JS option there is mozilla bug 390776
>>      
>
> You can get the same on the server side. how you get it just varies from
> language to language though, and obviously the exact file information
> available is dependant on the file system in use, i.e. fat32, ntfs,
> ext3, reiserfs, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>    

I intend to update the FileAPI draft so that creationDate and 
modificationDate are exposed on File, alongside name.

-- A*

Received on Saturday, 15 May 2010 00:07:04 UTC