# Get File/Folder Date action failing in FB v7.0.0.1152
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/get-file-folder-date-action-failing-in-fb-v7-0-0-1152/3354
**Category:** Bugs
**Created:** [April 19, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/get-file-folder-date-action-failing-in-fb-v7-0-0-1152/3354 "2011-04-19T02:21:05Z")
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/get-file-folder-date-action-failing-in-fb-v7-0-0-1152/3354/1 "2011-04-19T02:21:05Z")
Get File/Folder Date action failing in FB v7.0.0.1152. The script functioned fine in FB3. Here's the Build Log:
Error Executing script : OnGetDate
Exception
Could not convert value: string to TDateTime.
Line: 4
Char : 1
OnGetDate script event failed.
The variable I'm using is a string. The help indicates it store as a formatted date/time string.
Jeff
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/get-file-folder-date-action-failing-in-fb-v7-0-0-1152/3354/2 "2011-04-19T02:25:17Z")
Just some further info:
My File/Directory Name is: %sSourceDir%%sFileName%
Holding my mouse over it correctly equates it to: \ImageTest\Release\Globals\Dictionaries\american.adm.
That file exists.
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### Author:  [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/get-file-folder-date-action-failing-in-fb-v7-0-0-1152/3354/3 "2011-04-21T07:36:09Z")
Hi Jeff
What do you have in your GetDate script event? without that info it’s difficult to figure out exactly what’s happening. We did find a problem with using DateTime Finalbuilder variables which we fixed by changing the format of the returned string, however I suspect you may be seeing a different issue. The build below may be worth trying :
[https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/aex6/FB700\_1169.exe](https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/aex6/FB700_1169.exe)
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### Author:  [@nelsonwolf](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/nelsonwolf)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/get-file-folder-date-action-failing-in-fb-v7-0-0-1152/3354/4 "2011-04-28T11:40:00Z")
Hey Vincent,
1169 causes some of my existing Get Date actions to fail.
OnGetDate JavaScript:
Action.SendLogMessage("ModifiedDate Before: " + ModifiedDate);
var modDate = new Date(ModifiedDate);
ModifiedDate = modDate.format(“isoDateTime”);// 2007-06-09T17:46:21
Action.SendLogMessage(“ModifiedDate After: " + ModifiedDate);
eval(ActionProperties.ResultVariable + " = '” + ModifiedDate + “’;”);
Error:
Get Date [J:\views\masterbuild\1.0\UnitTests\FindFolder\TestData\1.2.3.0]
Status: Error
Date: 4/28/2011
Time: 14:36:33:841
End: 14:36:33:888
Duration: 00:00:00:047
Action Messages:
Checking if J:\views\masterbuild\1.0\UnitTests\FindFolder\TestData\1.2.3.0 exists…
Folder modified date: 2011-04-28 02:04:31
ModifiedDate Before: 2011-04-28 02:04:31
Error Executing script : OnGetDate
Microsoft JScript runtime error
Exception thrown and not caught
In Project Global Script, Line: 38
Char : 20
OnGetDate script event failed.
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### Author:  [@stephen.ryan](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stephen.ryan)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/get-file-folder-date-action-failing-in-fb-v7-0-0-1152/3354/5 "2011-04-29T05:38:28Z")
Hi Nelson
Is the format function something that you are calling in the Project Global script? If so could you please provide the code that is being called in the Project Global Script.
Regards,
Steve
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### Author:  [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2011, 10:14am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/get-file-folder-date-action-failing-in-fb-v7-0-0-1152/3354/6 "2011-04-29T10:14:51Z")
Hi Nelson
I was able to reproduce this here, assuming you are using the Javascript dateFormat extension from stevenlevithan.com? I have made some more changes to make it more backwards compatible with the old datetime format. Having said that, there is a way to achieve what you want in FB7 without resorting to scripting. Variables in FB7 can be either a variant (like in FB6 and earlier) or typed. Some variable types allow you to specify a format string, so if you specify your variable as a DateTime type and the format string as yyyy-mm-ddThh:nn:ss - then when the variable is used in a text field it will output the date in that format.
https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/aex6/FB700\_1193.exe