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FlexPro Documentation 2025

creation_time

Read access to an object's creation time. Read/write access to the creation time of the current formula or FlexPro data.

Syntax

Object.creation_time

or

Data.creation_time

or

this.creation_time = date

or

Data.creation_time = Date

The syntax of the creation_time property consists of the following elements:

Element

Description

Object

The object that is accessed. Use this to access the current formula.

Data

A flexpro.Data object to which header information of the data object from which it originates is assigned.

Date

Calendar time value with date and time or numerical value with the number of seconds since "epoch", i.e. since 01.01.1970 00:00:00 (UTC).

Remarks

Write access to the header information of a data object is only permitted for the formula in which the Python code is located. Instead of using write access, you should preferably edit the attribute on the General tab of the Properties dialog box.

Available In

FlexPro Professional, Developer Suite

Example

flexpro.object(r'\dataset’).creation_time

Returns the creation time of a data set in the root folder.

import time
this.creation_time = time.time()

Sets the creation time of the current formula to the current date and time.

 

See Also

modification_time Property

timestamp_y Property

timestamp_x Property

timestamp_z Property