Module CheckIt {
      \\ without *for wide output*  we open for ANSI (1 byte per character)
      \\ but here we need it only for the creation of a file
      Open "afile" for output as #f
      Close #f
      Print file.stamp("afile")   'it is a number in VB6 date format.
      date k=file.stamp("afile", -2)  // Version 12 has date type, convert number or string to date type
      print k   // this has type date but print as string using default system locale date and time format
      \\ day format as for Greece
      Print Str$(File.Stamp("afile"),"hh:nn:ss dd/mm/yyyy") , "utc write time - by default"
      Print Str$(File.Stamp("afile" ,1),"hh:nn:ss dd/mm/yyyy") , "utc write time, 1"
      Print  Str$(File.Stamp("afile" ,-1),"hh:nn:ss dd/mm/yyyy"), "local write time, -1"
      Print Str$(File.Stamp("afile" ,2),"hh:nn:ss dd/mm/yyyy"), "utc creation time, 2"
      Print  Str$(File.Stamp("afile" ,-2),"hh:nn:ss dd/mm/yyyy"), "local creation time, -2"
}
Checkit