Package.CreationDate Property

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12/03/2008

Gets or sets the date and time that the package was created.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS (in microsoft.sqlserver.manageddts.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property CreationDate As DateTime

public DateTime CreationDate { get; set; }

public:
property DateTime CreationDate {
    DateTime get ();
    void set (DateTime value);
}

/** @property */
public DateTime get_CreationDate ()

/** @property */
public void set_CreationDate (DateTime value)

public function get CreationDate () : DateTime

public function set CreationDate (value : DateTime)

Property Value

A DateTime object.

Remarks

The DateTime is a variant data type VT_DATE, which is a Integration Services data type of DT_Date. This value can be overwritten. For more information about VT_DATE and DT_Date, see Integration Services Data Types.

Example

The following example loads a package from the Samples folder, and then retrieves information about the package, such as its CreationDate, CreatorComputerName, and CreatorName.

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // The variable pkg points to the location
            // of the ExecuteProcess package sample 
            // that is installed with the samples.
            string pkg = @"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Samples\Integration Services\Package Samples\ExecuteProcess Sample\ExecuteProcess\UsingExecuteProcess.dtsx";

            Application app = new Application();
            Package p = app.LoadPackage(pkg, null);

            //Retrieve creation information about the package.
            DateTime createDate = p.CreationDate;
            String computerCreated = p.CreatorComputerName;
            String creatorName = p.CreatorName;

            Console.WriteLine("Package creation date = " + createDate);
            Console.WriteLine("Creation Computer = " + computerCreated);
            Console.WriteLine("Creator Name = " + creatorName);
        }

Shared  Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            ' The variable pkg points to the location
            ' of the ExecuteProcess package sample 
            ' that is installed with the samples.
            Dim pkg As String =  "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Samples\Integration Services\Package Samples\ExecuteProcess Sample\ExecuteProcess\UsingExecuteProcess.dtsx" 
 
            Dim app As Application =  New Application() 
            Dim p As Package =  app.LoadPackage(pkg,Nothing) 
 
            'Retrieve creation information about the package.
            Dim createDate As DateTime =  p.CreationDate 
            Dim computerCreated As String =  p.CreatorComputerName 
            Dim creatorName As String =  p.CreatorName 
 
            Console.WriteLine("Package creation date = " + createDate)
            Console.WriteLine("Creation Computer = " + computerCreated)
            Console.WriteLine("Creator Name = " + creatorName)
End Sub

Sample Output:

Package creation date = 5/5/2003 5:46:00 PM

Creation Computer =

Creator Name =

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms