🕒 Modification Status Guide

July 25, 2025 · View on GitHub

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🚀 Quick Start Guide for checking file and folder modification times with LuaDoTheWorld

📋 What You'll Learn

  • ✅ How to get the last modification time of a file or folder
  • ✅ How to get the modification time in Unix timestamp format

🛠️ Prerequisites

  • LuaDoTheWorld installed and required in your script

🗂️ Get Last Modification Time (Human-Readable)

local dtw = require("luaDoTheWorld/luaDoTheWorld")

local last = dtw.get_entity_last_modification("tests/target/blob.png")
print(last)  -- Example output: "2025-07-24 15:30:12"

🕑 Get Last Modification Time (Unix Timestamp)

local dtw = require("luaDoTheWorld/luaDoTheWorld")

local last_in_unix = dtw.get_entity_last_modification_in_unix("tests/target/blob.png")
print(last_in_unix)  -- Example output: 1750000000

📚 Quick Reference

FunctionWhat it doesExample
dtw.get_entity_last_modification(path)Get last modification (readable)dtw.get_entity_last_modification("file.txt")
dtw.get_entity_last_modification_in_unix(path)Get last modification (Unix)dtw.get_entity_last_modification_in_unix("file.txt")

📝 Notes

  • Works for both files and folders.
  • Useful for backups, syncing, or monitoring changes.

🆘 Need Help?

  • 📖 Check the main SDK documentation
  • 🔍 Look at other example scripts in the SDK
  • 🐛 Report issues on our GitHub repository

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