Hi All,

I have a question regarding an Excel file. I currently use the Perl modules:

Spreadsheet::ParseExcel

Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX

to read Excel .xls and .xlsx files respectively.

I would now like to be able to access the files created and last modified date information with a Perl program. I can do this for the .xlsx files because my Perl program can open the relevant xml file contained within the zip file and extract the required info.

However, I have no means of doing this for the older, binary format, .xls Excel files. I have checked the documentation for the module

Spreadsheet::ParseExcel

but cannot find any mention of a method for finding the information I am after. I have also consulted Microsoft's documentation on the Excel binary file format but found the underlying structure very difficult to understand.

So, my question: Does anyone know how I might go about using Perl to extract the required date information?

Perl Version: 5.10.1 running on Linux workstation.

Any help much appreciated.

gauss76

In reply to Find Created and Last Modified Date of Excel xls file by gauss76

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