(VB.NET) SFTP Get File Date/Times in Different Formats

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Demonstrates how to get remote file date/times in different formats.

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' This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.


Dim sftp As New Chilkat.SFtp

' Connect to the SSH server.  
Dim hostname As String = "my-sftp-server.com"
Dim port As Integer = 22
Dim success As Boolean = sftp.Connect(hostname,port)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Authenticate with the SSH server. 
success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Open a directory on the server...
' This example opens the "junk" directory located under the HOME directory of the SSH user account.
Dim handle As String = sftp.OpenDir("junk")
If (sftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Download the directory listing:
Dim dirListing As Chilkat.SFtpDir = sftp.ReadDir(handle)
If (sftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Close the directory handle
success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Iterate over the files.
' Examine each filename and indicate those that match *FICHERO*.pdf
' (i.e. the filename contains the word "FICHERO" and ends in ".pdf")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim n As Integer = dirListing.NumFilesAndDirs
Dim sbFilename As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
Dim caseSensitive As Boolean = False
Dim bLocalDateTime As Boolean = False
While i < n
    Dim fileObj As Chilkat.SFtpFile = dirListing.GetFileObject(i)
    Debug.WriteLine(fileObj.Filename)

    ' Get the last-modified date/time
    Dim dt As Chilkat.CkDateTime = fileObj.GetLastModifiedDt()

    ' Get the date/time in any format offered by the CkDateTime object.

    ' such as Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:08:21 GMT
    Debug.WriteLine("RFC822 format: " & dt.GetAsRfc822(bLocalDateTime))

    ' such as 1990-12-31T23:59:60Z
    Debug.WriteLine("Timestamp: " & dt.GetAsTimestamp(bLocalDateTime))

    ' Such as: "02/16/2008 12:15:12"  where hour is 0 to 23.
    Debug.WriteLine("RFC822 format: " & dt.GetAsIso8601("MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss",bLocalDateTime))




    i = i + 1
End While





Debug.WriteLine("Success.")