(Xojo Plugin) 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
hostname = "my-sftp-server.com"
Dim port As Int32
port = 22
Dim success As Boolean
success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Authenticate with the SSH server. 
success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
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
handle = sftp.OpenDir("junk")
If (sftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Download the directory listing:
Dim dirListing As Chilkat.SFtpDir
dirListing = sftp.ReadDir(handle)
If (sftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Close the directory handle
success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
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 Int32
i = 0
Dim n As Int32
n = dirListing.NumFilesAndDirs
Dim sbFilename As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
Dim caseSensitive As Boolean
caseSensitive = False
Dim bLocalDateTime As Boolean
bLocalDateTime = False
While i < n
    Dim fileObj As Chilkat.SFtpFile
    fileObj = dirListing.GetFileObject(i)
    System.DebugLog(fileObj.Filename)

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

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

    // such as Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:08:21 GMT
    System.DebugLog("RFC822 format: " + dt.GetAsRfc822(bLocalDateTime))

    // such as 1990-12-31T23:59:60Z
    System.DebugLog("Timestamp: " + dt.GetAsTimestamp(bLocalDateTime))

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

    i = i + 1
Wend

System.DebugLog("Success.")