Get local file last modified date

The File Utils package on the Bot Store can help you with the last modified date. Python script can, too, and I have an example that I posted on this board a while ago.

https://botstore.automationanywhere.com/bot/file-io-utilities-package

​@Aaron.Gleason 

Hi Aaron, thank you for responding!

I was wondering if it is possible to use File attributes instead? Because I am implementing this bot using my company’s A360 account, not sure if I could easily install the bot store.

Hi ​@Aaron.Gleason ,

Thank you for responding. 

Fyi, I am using my company’s account to implement this. This is for my self-training. 

is there any other way that I could use? Like, maybe File attributes? And you say Python script can help, do you mind elaborating this?

Thank you and have a great day ahead!

Hi team, 

 

I am new to A360 and is trying to play around with it.

 

I am implementing a triggering email based on the local file date modified (last modified date). An email should be triggered to a person when Today() is 5 months after the last modified date.

But I am struggling on how to get the file’s last modified date. 

Once I could get the last modified date, I could do the calculation to subtract Today with Last modified date and store it inside a variable to be used at the condition, to trigger the email. 

 

However, I am stuck here.

 

Appreciate if anyone could help me figure out how and how can I move forward.

 

Thank you and have a great day ahead.

 

• Try Below points

• Drag the “Get file information” action into your bot.

• Provide the full file path (e.g., C:\Reports\sales.xlsx).

• Assign the output to a dictionary variable.

• Extract the lastModifiedDate from the dictionary.

Hi team, 

 

I am new to A360 and is trying to play around with it.

 

I am implementing a triggering email based on the local file date modified (last modified date). An email should be triggered to a person when Today() is 5 months after the last modified date.

But I am struggling on how to get the file’s last modified date. 

Once I could get the last modified date, I could do the calculation to subtract Today with Last modified date and store it inside a variable to be used at the condition, to trigger the email. 

 

However, I am stuck here.

 

Appreciate if anyone could help me figure out how and how can I move forward.

 

Thank you and have a great day ahead.

 

• Try Below points

• Drag the “Get file information” action into your bot.

• Provide the full file path (e.g., C:\Reports\sales.xlsx).

• Assign the output to a dictionary variable.

• Extract the lastModifiedDate from the dictionary.

Correction. Just Modified would be enough.

Note: This is regarding the File-IO utilities and not the File package.

Hi ​@Padmakumar ,

I couldn’t find any Modified action from the action list. Can you guide me through?

It is not an action. The output of the File Properties action of the File-IO Utilities is a dictionary variable. The key Modified is used to retrieve the last modified date from that dictionary variable.

if file-io-utilities-package Package and Any Scripting is blocked in your organization, then you can create dll to get the file modified date.

@nisniss I’m curious to know more about this use case! Is there a specific reason you went with 5 months? Also, how would you design your process to handle file modifications after the bot is scheduled?