Function GetDateModifiedString

Source/Internal/datemodified.cpp:44–122

using std::string;

bool GetDateModifiedString(const char *file_name, char *buffer, int buffer_size) {
#ifdef _WIN32
    struct _stat buf;
    int result;
    char timebuf[26];
    errno_t err;

    // Get data associated with "crt_stat.c":
    const int buf_size = 2048;
    WCHAR path_utf16[buf_size];
    if (!MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, file_name, -1, path_utf16, buf_size)) {
#ifndef NO_ERR
        FatalError("Error", "Error converting utf8 string to utf16: %s", file_name);
#endif
    }
    result = _wstat(path_utf16, &buf);

    // Check if statistics are valid:
    while (result != 0) {
#ifndef NO_ERR
        string error = "Could not find: " + string(file_name);
        ErrorResponse response = DisplayError("Error", error.c_str(), _ok_cancel_retry);
        if (response == _retry) {
            result = _wstat(path_utf16, &buf);
        } else if (response == _continue) {
            return false;
        }
#else
        return false;
#endif
    }

    err = ctime_s(timebuf, 26, &buf.st_mtime);
    if (err) {
#ifndef NO_ERR
        DisplayError("Error", "Problem getting date modified string.");
#endif
        return false;
    }
    strncpy(buffer, timebuf, buffer_size);
    return true;

#else  // standard unix implementation
    struct stat buf;
    int result;
    char timebuf[26];

    // Get data associated with "crt_stat.c":
    const char *path = file_name;
    result = stat(path, &buf);

    // Check if statistics are valid:
    if (result != 0) {
        const int BUF_SIZE = 512;
        char err_buf[BUF_SIZE];
#ifndef NO_ERR
        if (errno == ENOENT) {
            snprintf(err_buf, BUF_SIZE, "The file doesn't exist: %s", file_name);