std::filesystem::directory_entry:: last_write_time

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std::filesystem::directory_entry
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directory_entry::last_write_time
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Non-member functions
std:: filesystem :: file_time_type last_write_time ( ) const ;
(1) (since C++17)
std:: filesystem :: file_time_type last_write_time ( std:: error_code & ec ) const noexcept ;
(2) (since C++17)

If the last modification time is cached in this directory_entry , returns the cached value. Otherwise, returns:

1) std:: filesystem :: last_write_time ( path ( ) ) .
2) std:: filesystem :: last_write_time ( path ( ) , ec ) .

Parameters

ec - out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing overload

Return value

The last modification time for the referred-to filesystem object.

Exceptions

Any overload not marked noexcept may throw std::bad_alloc if memory allocation fails.

1) Throws std::filesystem::filesystem_error on underlying OS API errors, constructed with p as the first path argument and the OS error code as the error code argument.
2) Sets a std:: error_code & parameter to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executes ec. clear ( ) if no errors occur.

Example

Run this code 
#include <chrono>
#include <ctime>
#include <filesystem>
#include <format>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
 
std::string to_string(const std::filesystem::file_time_type& ftime)
{
#if __cpp_lib_format
    return std::format("{:%c}", ftime);
#else
    std::time_t cftime = std::chrono::system_clock::to_time_t(
        std::chrono::file_clock::to_sys(ftime));
    std::string str = std::asctime(std::localtime(&cftime));
    str.pop_back(); // rm the trailing '\n' put by `asctime`
    return str;
#endif
}
 
int main()
{
    auto dir = std::filesystem::current_path();
    using Entry = std::filesystem::directory_entry;
    for (Entry const& entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(dir))
        std::cout << to_string(entry.last_write_time()) << " : "
                  << entry.path().filename() << '\n';
}

Possible output: 

Wed Sep  6 13:37:13.960314156 2023 : "main.cpp"
Wed Sep  6 13:37:42.690271828 2023 : "a.out"

See also

(C++17)
gets or sets the time of the last data modification
(function)
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