Re: File creation date in a macro?

Posted by dscho on Nov 15, 2008; 7:45pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/File-creation-date-in-a-macro-tp3694500p3694507.html

Hi,

On Sat, 15 Nov 2008, Rasband Wayne wrote:

> In any case, "stat -f%c" on Mac OS X returns a cryptic 10 digit number (e.g.,
> "1223733141") that I'm not sure how to interpret.

This is the number of seconds since January 1st, 1970 (AKA "UNIX epoch").  
The original poster asked for a way to sort files by their creation date,
and IMHO the UNIX epoch makes that the easiest.

But of course it may be easier to execute "ls -c" then, and split the
result by newlines.  (Although this will not work on Windows, and maybe
not even on MacOSX.)

Ciao,
Dscho