kor Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction on the sections I need to read in the helpfile that will allow me to accomplish comparing todays date with the creation date of a folder. Then delete that folder if the creation date is older than X days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mLipok Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) just simple: ConsoleWrite(FileGetTime("c:\windows",1,1) & @CRLF) EDIT: and try to use: _DateDiff Edited October 26, 2013 by mlipok Signature beginning:* Please remember: "AutoIt"..... * Wondering who uses AutoIt and what it can be used for ? * Forum Rules ** ADO.au3 UDF * POP3.au3 UDF * XML.au3 UDF * IE on Windows 11 * How to ask ChatGPT for AutoIt Code * for other useful stuff click the following button: Spoiler Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind. My contribution (my own projects): * Debenu Quick PDF Library - UDF * Debenu PDF Viewer SDK - UDF * Acrobat Reader - ActiveX Viewer * UDF for PDFCreator v1.x.x * XZip - UDF * AppCompatFlags UDF * CrowdinAPI UDF * _WinMergeCompare2Files() * _JavaExceptionAdd() * _IsBeta() * Writing DPI Awareness App - workaround * _AutoIt_RequiredVersion() * Chilkatsoft.au3 UDF * TeamViewer.au3 UDF * JavaManagement UDF * VIES over SOAP * WinSCP UDF * GHAPI UDF - modest begining - comunication with GitHub REST API * ErrorLog.au3 UDF - A logging Library * Include Dependency Tree (Tool for analyzing script relations) * Show_Macro_Values.au3 * My contribution to others projects or UDF based on others projects: * _sql.au3 UDF * POP3.au3 UDF * RTF Printer - UDF * XML.au3 UDF * ADO.au3 UDF * SMTP Mailer UDF * Dual Monitor resolution detection * * 2GUI on Dual Monitor System * _SciLexer.au3 UDF * SciTE - Lexer for console pane * Useful links: * Forum Rules * Forum etiquette * Forum Information and FAQs * How to post code on the forum * AutoIt Online Documentation * AutoIt Online Beta Documentation * SciTE4AutoIt3 getting started * Convert text blocks to AutoIt code * Games made in Autoit * Programming related sites * Polish AutoIt Tutorial * DllCall Code Generator * Wiki: * Expand your knowledge - AutoIt Wiki * Collection of User Defined Functions * How to use HelpFile * Good coding practices in AutoIt * OpenOffice/LibreOffice/XLS Related: WriterDemo.au3 * XLS/MDB from scratch with ADOX IE Related: * How to use IE.au3 UDF with AutoIt v3.3.14.x * Why isn't Autoit able to click a Javascript Dialog? * Clicking javascript button with no ID * IE document >> save as MHT file * IETab Switcher (by LarsJ ) * HTML Entities * _IEquerySelectorAll() (by uncommon) * IE in TaskScheduler * IE Embedded Control Versioning (use IE9+ and HTML5 in a GUI) * PDF Related: * How to get reference to PDF object embeded in IE * IE on Windows 11 * I encourage you to read: * Global Vars * Best Coding Practices * Please explain code used in Help file for several File functions * OOP-like approach in AutoIt * UDF-Spec Questions * EXAMPLE: How To Catch ConsoleWrite() output to a file or to CMD *I also encourage you to check awesome @trancexx code: * Create COM objects from modules without any demand on user to register anything. * Another COM object registering stuff * OnHungApp handler * Avoid "AutoIt Error" message box in unknown errors * HTML editor * winhttp.au3 related : * https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/206771-winhttpau3-download-problem-youre-speaking-plain-http-to-an-ssl-enabled-server-port/ "Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto" - Publius Terentius Afer"Program are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers and execute" - Donald Knuth, "The Art of Computer Programming" , be and \\//_. Anticipating Errors : "Any program that accepts data from a user must include code to validate that data before sending it to the data store. You cannot rely on the data store, ...., or even your programming language to notify you of problems. You must check every byte entered by your users, making sure that data is the correct type for its field and that required fields are not empty." Signature last update: 2023-04-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted October 26, 2013 Moderators Share Posted October 26, 2013 kor,Look at FileGetTime (yes, it works on folders too), NowCalc or the various date macros, _DateDiff, and finally DirRemove. If you find you need to get the various dates into different formats, you might like to look at my Date_Time_Convert UDF. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kor Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 Melba, I don't understand how to use your DTC UDF to convert _NowCalc() and FileGetTime into the same format so I can use _DateDiff() _DateDiff() requries YYYY/MM/DD[ HH:MM:SS] Which _NowCalc() properly outputs to However FileGetTime ouputs in the format 20131026115355 Do you have a suggestion on how to convert FileGetTimes's output of 20131026115355 into 2013/10/26 11:53:55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valuater Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Straight from FileGetTime() example Local $t = FileGetTime(@WindowsDir & "\notepad.exe", 1) If Not @error Then Local $yyyymd = $t[0] & "/" & $t[1] & "/" & $t[2] MsgBox(0, "Creation date of notepad.exe", $yyyymd) EndIf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mLipok Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 here you have an example #include "DTC.au3" ; http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/154684-date-time-convert-initial-release-17-sep-13/ ConsoleWrite(_Main('20131026115355') & @CRLF) Func _Main($sIn_Date) Local $sOut_Date = _Date_Time_Convert($sIn_Date, "yyyyMMddHHmmss", "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss") Return $sOut_Date EndFunc ;==>_Main Signature beginning:* Please remember: "AutoIt"..... * Wondering who uses AutoIt and what it can be used for ? * Forum Rules ** ADO.au3 UDF * POP3.au3 UDF * XML.au3 UDF * IE on Windows 11 * How to ask ChatGPT for AutoIt Code * for other useful stuff click the following button: Spoiler Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind. My contribution (my own projects): * Debenu Quick PDF Library - UDF * Debenu PDF Viewer SDK - UDF * Acrobat Reader - ActiveX Viewer * UDF for PDFCreator v1.x.x * XZip - UDF * AppCompatFlags UDF * CrowdinAPI UDF * _WinMergeCompare2Files() * _JavaExceptionAdd() * _IsBeta() * Writing DPI Awareness App - workaround * _AutoIt_RequiredVersion() * Chilkatsoft.au3 UDF * TeamViewer.au3 UDF * JavaManagement UDF * VIES over SOAP * WinSCP UDF * GHAPI UDF - modest begining - comunication with GitHub REST API * ErrorLog.au3 UDF - A logging Library * Include Dependency Tree (Tool for analyzing script relations) * Show_Macro_Values.au3 * My contribution to others projects or UDF based on others projects: * _sql.au3 UDF * POP3.au3 UDF * RTF Printer - UDF * XML.au3 UDF * ADO.au3 UDF * SMTP Mailer UDF * Dual Monitor resolution detection * * 2GUI on Dual Monitor System * _SciLexer.au3 UDF * SciTE - Lexer for console pane * Useful links: * Forum Rules * Forum etiquette * Forum Information and FAQs * How to post code on the forum * AutoIt Online Documentation * AutoIt Online Beta Documentation * SciTE4AutoIt3 getting started * Convert text blocks to AutoIt code * Games made in Autoit * Programming related sites * Polish AutoIt Tutorial * DllCall Code Generator * Wiki: * Expand your knowledge - AutoIt Wiki * Collection of User Defined Functions * How to use HelpFile * Good coding practices in AutoIt * OpenOffice/LibreOffice/XLS Related: WriterDemo.au3 * XLS/MDB from scratch with ADOX IE Related: * How to use IE.au3 UDF with AutoIt v3.3.14.x * Why isn't Autoit able to click a Javascript Dialog? * Clicking javascript button with no ID * IE document >> save as MHT file * IETab Switcher (by LarsJ ) * HTML Entities * _IEquerySelectorAll() (by uncommon) * IE in TaskScheduler * IE Embedded Control Versioning (use IE9+ and HTML5 in a GUI) * PDF Related: * How to get reference to PDF object embeded in IE * IE on Windows 11 * I encourage you to read: * Global Vars * Best Coding Practices * Please explain code used in Help file for several File functions * OOP-like approach in AutoIt * UDF-Spec Questions * EXAMPLE: How To Catch ConsoleWrite() output to a file or to CMD *I also encourage you to check awesome @trancexx code: * Create COM objects from modules without any demand on user to register anything. * Another COM object registering stuff * OnHungApp handler * Avoid "AutoIt Error" message box in unknown errors * HTML editor * winhttp.au3 related : * https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/206771-winhttpau3-download-problem-youre-speaking-plain-http-to-an-ssl-enabled-server-port/ "Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto" - Publius Terentius Afer"Program are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers and execute" - Donald Knuth, "The Art of Computer Programming" , be and \\//_. Anticipating Errors : "Any program that accepts data from a user must include code to validate that data before sending it to the data store. You cannot rely on the data store, ...., or even your programming language to notify you of problems. You must check every byte entered by your users, making sure that data is the correct type for its field and that required fields are not empty." Signature last update: 2023-04-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution kor Posted October 26, 2013 Author Solution Share Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) Working Code for anyone else: #include <Array.au3> #include <File.au3> #include <Date.au3> #include <_FileListToArrayEx.au3> Global $iDays = 10 ; number of days to keep Global $sCurrentTime = _NowCalc(), $sAvigilonPath = "C:\test" ; avigilon root path $aRootFolders = _FileListToArrayEx($sAvigilonPath, "\A[^\W]", 106) ; RegExp filter removes $RECYCLE.BIN, full path, no return count, folders only For $i = 0 To UBound($aRootFolders) - 1 $aSubFolders = _FileListToArrayEx($aRootFolders[$i], "*", 42) ; full path, no return count, folders only For $n = UBound($aSubFolders) - 1 To 0 Step - 1 ; search array backwards to delete elements without subscript errors $aT = FileGetTime($aSubFolders[$n], 1) ; get creation time of each sub folder If Not @error Then $sCreationTime = $aT[0] & "/" & $aT[1] & "/" & $aT[2] & " " & $aT[3] & ":" & $aT[4] & ":" & $aT[5] ; convert time $iDifference = _DateDiff("D", $sCreationTime, $sCurrentTime) ; compare creation time with current time If $iDifference > $iDays Then ; if X days different ConsoleWrite("deleting " & $aSubFolders[$i] & @CR) ;DirRemove($aSubFolders[$n], 1) ; delete folder EndIf Next Next edited to include comments to help someone understand what the code is doing. Edited October 26, 2013 by kor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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