How can I retrieve the time of file creation and use it for data analysis in a VI?

[Carla]

I haved logged data from sensors periodically and stored it in files (tab delimited). I would like to plot the data vs time. How can I retrieve the time of the file creation and use it in a VI?

[Enrique]

Carla;

There is a VI called File/Directory Info, located in the function palette -> File I/O -> Advanced File Functions, that you can use to retrieve the time a file was modified.

Rather than that approach, consider timestamping your data. For instance, there are two examples included with LabVIEW, one called Write to Text File and the other Read from Text File, that togheter shows you how to save and read data to a text file, including time information.

Regards;
Enrique Vargas
www.visecurity.com

[EdDickens]

If you're using some flavor of Windows, then the attached VI can grab the file creation date, along with some other usful file info. All the info is returned as strings so it's easy to use as you need.

This is saved in ver 6.0.2, but it upgrades OK.

Ed

[Carla]

thanks enrique, but is ther a simple way to convert the U32 output to string?

[Carla]

eureka! got it!