Comparing last Modified from 2 Files

Question

i'm trying to do an IF function that compare last modified date from 2 files.

Something like this.

#include <Date.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

$FileTime1 = FileGetTime("C:folder\file1.exe", 0, 1)
$FileTime2 = FileGetTime("C:\folder\file2.exe", 0, 1)

If $FileTime1=$FileTime2 Then
    MsgBox(0, "TITLE", "EQUAL", 10)
Else
    MsgBox(0, "TITLE", "DIFFERENT", 10)
EndIf

Answer 1

This will give you the logic you are after. However, the $FileTime variables will show as Friday, 14 December 2018 12:29:46 PM, so they will be different if they are 1 second different in LastWriteTime

$FileTime1 = (Get-Item 'C:folder\file1.exe').LastWriteTime
$FileTime2 = (Get-Item 'C:folder\file2.exe').LastWriteTime

if($FileTime1 -eq $FileTime2) {
    Write-Host "Equal"
} Else {
    Write-Host "Different"
}

If you are trying to compare two files to see if they are the same, I recommend Get-FileHash

$FileHash1 = (Get-FileHash 'C:folder\file1.exe').Hash
$FileHash2 = (Get-FileHash 'C:folder\file2.exe').Hash

if($FileHash1 -eq $FileHash2) {
    Write-Host "Equal"
} Else {
    Write-Host "Different"
}