From: Jan Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2006-11-14T23:50:08+09:00
Subject: Re: What's up with File.ctime?

On 11/14/06, Peter Bailey <pbailey@bna.com> wrote:
> Jan Svitok wrote:
> > On 11/14/06, Peter Bailey <pbailey@bna.com> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> I need to notate the date/time attributes of files. I'm using File.ctime
> >> and trimming it back to show just day, date, and time.
> >>
> >> filetime = File.ctime(txtfile)
> >> filetime = filetime.to_s.gsub!(/ -.*$/, "")
> >>
> >> But, I've noticed that files that list in the directories as being dated
> >> November 8 are showing via ctime as November 13 files. What's up?
> >
> > Perhaps dir/ls shows mtime? Try checking mtime/ctime/atime to see
> > which is the right one.
> > To display ctime on windows, try dir /T:C  on unix ls -l --time=ctime
>
> Thanks, Jan. Actually, I figured it out for myself. Looking deeper into
> it, I found File.stat.mtime, and that's I'm using now, and it works.
> .ctime, I guess, stands for "change time," so, it doesn't actually state
> the timestamp of the file as it is. Thanks again.

Well, I thought ctime = creation time ;-) Now I've learned something as well.