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netLastModDate()
Syntax
netLastModDate()
Description
Function; returns the date last modified from the HTTP header for the specified item. The string is in Universal Time (GMT) format: Ddd, nn Mmm yyyy hh:mm:ss
GMT
(for example, Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:00:00 AM GMT). There are variations where days or months are spelled completely. The string is always in English.
The netLastModDate
function can be called only after netDone
and netError
report that the operation is complete and successful. After the next operation starts, the Director movie or projector discards the results of the previous operation to conserve memory.
The actual date string is pulled directly from the HTTP header in the form provided by the server. However, this string is not always provided, and in that case netLastModDate
returns EMPTY
.
When a movie plays back as an applet, this function's date format may differ from the date format that Shockwave uses; the date is in the format that the Java function Date.asString
returns. The format may also vary on systems that use different languages.
Example
These statements check the date of a file downloaded from the Internet:
if netDone() then theDate = netLastModDate() if theDate.char[6..11] <> "Jan 30" then alert "The file is outdated." end if end if
See also
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