Question

I’m trying to write a code in Excel 2003 VBA (Windows XP) to find out if outside TXT file has different timestamp, so I can ‘import’ it if it changed.

Is there any function in VBA that can save me?

Answer 1

I think you want the modified date. If yes, then see this

Debug.Print FileDateTime("C:\Sample.txt")

The format of the date and time displayed is based on the locale settings of your system.

Edit

Using FileSystemObject

Option Explicit

Sub Sample()
    Dim oFS As Object
    Dim sFile As String

    sFile = "C:\MyFile.txt"

    Set oFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

    '~~> Created Date
    Debug.Print "Created Date : "; oFS.GetFile(sFile).DateCreated

    '~~> Modified Date
    Debug.Print "Modified Date : "; oFS.GetFile(sFile).Datelastmodified

    Set oFS = Nothing
End Sub