Rename FileInfo time fields and represent them as Date objects (#4932)

This patch also increases the resolution of reported file times to
sub-millisecond precision.

cli/js/lib.deno.ns.d.ts

@@ -1316,15 +1316,15 @@ declare namespace Deno {
     /** The last modification time of the file. This corresponds to the `mtime`
      * field from `stat` on Linux/Mac OS and `ftLastWriteTime` on Windows. This
      * may not be available on all platforms. */
-    modified: number | null;
+    mtime: Date | null;
     /** The last access time of the file. This corresponds to the `atime`
      * field from `stat` on Unix and `ftLastAccessTime` on Windows. This may not
      * be available on all platforms. */
-    accessed: number | null;
+    atime: Date | null;
     /** The creation time of the file. This corresponds to the `birthtime`
-     * field from `stat` on Mac/BSD and `ftCreationTime` on Windows. This may not
+     * field from `stat` on Mac/BSD and `ftCreationTime` on Windows. This may
-     * be available on all platforms. */
+     * not be available on all platforms. */
-    created: number | null;
+    birthtime: Date | null;
     /** ID of the device containing the file.
      *
      * _Linux/Mac OS only._ */

cli/js/ops/fs/stat.ts

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import { build } from "../../build.ts";
 
 export interface FileInfo {
   size: number;
-  modified: number | null;
+  mtime: Date | null;
-  accessed: number | null;
+  atime: Date | null;
-  created: number | null;
+  birthtime: Date | null;
   dev: number | null;
   ino: number | null;
   mode: number | null;
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ export interface StatResponse {
   isDirectory: boolean;
   isSymlink: boolean;
   size: number;
-  modified: number;
+  mtime: number | null;
-  accessed: number;
+  atime: number | null;
-  created: number;
+  birthtime: number | null;
   // Null for stat(), but exists for readdir().
   name: string | null;
   // Unix only members
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ export function parseFileInfo(response: StatResponse): FileInfo {
     isDirectory: response.isDirectory,
     isSymlink: response.isSymlink,
     size: response.size,
-    modified: response.modified ? response.modified : null,
+    mtime: response.mtime != null ? new Date(response.mtime) : null,
-    accessed: response.accessed ? response.accessed : null,
+    atime: response.atime != null ? new Date(response.atime) : null,
-    created: response.created ? response.created : null,
+    birthtime: response.birthtime != null ? new Date(response.birthtime) : null,
     // Only non-null if on Unix
     dev: isUnix ? response.dev : null,
     ino: isUnix ? response.ino : null,

cli/js/tests/stat_test.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 import { unitTest, assert, assertEquals } from "./test_util.ts";
 
-// TODO Add tests for modified, accessed, and created fields once there is a way
+unitTest(
-// to create temp files.
+  { perms: { read: true, write: true } },
-unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, function statSyncSuccess(): void {
+  function statSyncSuccess(): void {
     const packageInfo = Deno.statSync("README.md");
     assert(packageInfo.isFile);
     assert(!packageInfo.isSymlink);
@@ -15,7 +15,17 @@ unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, function statSyncSuccess(): void {
     const testsInfo = Deno.statSync("cli/tests");
     assert(testsInfo.isDirectory);
     assert(!testsInfo.isSymlink);
-});
+
+    const tempFile = Deno.makeTempFileSync();
+    const tempInfo = Deno.statSync(tempFile);
+    const now = Date.now();
+    assert(tempInfo.atime !== null && now - tempInfo.atime.valueOf() < 1000);
+    assert(tempInfo.mtime !== null && now - tempInfo.mtime.valueOf() < 1000);
+    assert(
+      tempInfo.birthtime === null || now - tempInfo.birthtime.valueOf() < 1000
+    );
+  }
+);
 
 unitTest({ perms: { read: false } }, function statSyncPerm(): void {
   let caughtError = false;
@@ -83,9 +93,9 @@ unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, function lstatSyncNotFound(): void {
   assertEquals(badInfo, undefined);
 });
 
-unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, async function statSuccess(): Promise<
+unitTest(
-  void
+  { perms: { read: true, write: true } },
-> {
+  async function statSuccess(): Promise<void> {
     const packageInfo = await Deno.stat("README.md");
     assert(packageInfo.isFile);
     assert(!packageInfo.isSymlink);
@@ -97,7 +107,18 @@ unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, async function statSuccess(): Promise<
     const testsInfo = await Deno.stat("cli/tests");
     assert(testsInfo.isDirectory);
     assert(!testsInfo.isSymlink);
-});
+
+    const tempFile = await Deno.makeTempFile();
+    const tempInfo = await Deno.stat(tempFile);
+    const now = Date.now();
+    assert(tempInfo.atime !== null && now - tempInfo.atime.valueOf() < 1000);
+    assert(tempInfo.mtime !== null && now - tempInfo.mtime.valueOf() < 1000);
+
+    assert(
+      tempInfo.birthtime === null || now - tempInfo.birthtime.valueOf() < 1000
+    );
+  }
+);
 
 unitTest({ perms: { read: false } }, async function statPerm(): Promise<void> {
   let caughtError = false;

cli/js/tests/utime_test.ts

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import { unitTest, assert } from "./test_util.ts";
 // Allow 10 second difference.
 // Note this might not be enough for FAT (but we are not testing on such fs).
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-function assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(t1: any, t2: number): void {
+function assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(t1: Date | null, t2: Date): void {
-  assert(typeof t1 === "number");
+  assert(t1 instanceof Date);
-  assert(Math.abs(t1 - t2) < 10);
+  assert(Math.abs(t1.valueOf() - t2.valueOf()) < 10_000);
 }
 
 unitTest(
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ unitTest(
     Deno.utimeSync(filename, atime, mtime);
 
     const fileInfo = Deno.statSync(filename);
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(fileInfo.accessed, atime);
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(fileInfo.atime, new Date(atime * 1000));
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(fileInfo.modified, mtime);
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(fileInfo.mtime, new Date(mtime * 1000));
   }
 );
 
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ unitTest(
     Deno.utimeSync(testDir, atime, mtime);
 
     const dirInfo = Deno.statSync(testDir);
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.accessed, atime);
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.atime, new Date(atime * 1000));
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.modified, mtime);
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.mtime, new Date(mtime * 1000));
   }
 );
 
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ unitTest(
   function utimeSyncDateSuccess(): void {
     const testDir = Deno.makeTempDirSync();
 
-    const atime = 1000;
+    const atime = new Date(1000_000);
-    const mtime = 50000;
+    const mtime = new Date(50000_000);
-    Deno.utimeSync(testDir, new Date(atime * 1000), new Date(mtime * 1000));
+    Deno.utimeSync(testDir, atime, mtime);
 
     const dirInfo = Deno.statSync(testDir);
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.accessed, atime);
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.atime, atime);
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.modified, mtime);
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.mtime, mtime);
   }
 );
 
@@ -71,15 +71,8 @@ unitTest(
     Deno.utimeSync(filename, atime, mtime);
 
     const fileInfo = Deno.statSync(filename);
-    // atime and mtime must be scaled by a factor of 1000 to be recorded in seconds
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(fileInfo.atime, atime);
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(fileInfo.mtime, mtime);
-      fileInfo.accessed,
-      Math.trunc(atime.valueOf() / 1000)
-    );
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(
-      fileInfo.modified,
-      Math.trunc(mtime.valueOf() / 1000)
-    );
   }
 );
 
@@ -95,8 +88,8 @@ unitTest(
     Deno.utimeSync(testDir, atime, mtime);
 
     const dirInfo = Deno.statSync(testDir);
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.accessed, atime);
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.atime, new Date(atime * 1000));
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.modified, mtime);
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.mtime, new Date(mtime * 1000));
   }
 );
 
@@ -148,8 +141,8 @@ unitTest(
     await Deno.utime(filename, atime, mtime);
 
     const fileInfo = Deno.statSync(filename);
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(fileInfo.accessed, atime);
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(fileInfo.atime, new Date(atime * 1000));
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(fileInfo.modified, mtime);
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(fileInfo.mtime, new Date(mtime * 1000));
   }
 );
 
@@ -163,8 +156,8 @@ unitTest(
     await Deno.utime(testDir, atime, mtime);
 
     const dirInfo = Deno.statSync(testDir);
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.accessed, atime);
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.atime, new Date(atime * 1000));
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.modified, mtime);
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.mtime, new Date(mtime * 1000));
   }
 );
 
@@ -173,13 +166,13 @@ unitTest(
   async function utimeDateSuccess(): Promise<void> {
     const testDir = Deno.makeTempDirSync();
 
-    const atime = 1000;
+    const atime = new Date(100_000);
-    const mtime = 50000;
+    const mtime = new Date(5000_000);
-    await Deno.utime(testDir, new Date(atime * 1000), new Date(mtime * 1000));
+    await Deno.utime(testDir, atime, mtime);
 
     const dirInfo = Deno.statSync(testDir);
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.accessed, atime);
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.atime, atime);
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.modified, mtime);
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(dirInfo.mtime, mtime);
   }
 );
 
@@ -197,15 +190,8 @@ unitTest(
     await Deno.utime(filename, atime, mtime);
 
     const fileInfo = Deno.statSync(filename);
-    // The dates must be scaled by a factored of 1000 to make them seconds
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(fileInfo.atime, atime);
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(
+    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(fileInfo.mtime, mtime);
-      fileInfo.accessed,
-      Math.trunc(atime.valueOf() / 1000)
-    );
-    assertFuzzyTimestampEquals(
-      fileInfo.modified,
-      Math.trunc(mtime.valueOf() / 1000)
-    );
   }
 );
 

cli/ops/fs.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ use deno_core::ZeroCopyBuf;
 use futures::future::FutureExt;
 use std::convert::From;
 use std::env::{current_dir, set_current_dir, temp_dir};
+use std::io;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::time::SystemTime;
 use std::time::UNIX_EPOCH;
 
 use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
@@ -441,14 +443,19 @@ fn op_copy_file(
   })
 }
 
-macro_rules! to_seconds {
+fn to_msec(maybe_time: Result<SystemTime, io::Error>) -> serde_json::Value {
-  ($time:expr) => {{
+  match maybe_time {
-    // Unwrap is safe here as if the file is before the unix epoch
+    Ok(time) => {
-    // something is very wrong.
+      let msec = time
-    $time
+        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
-      .and_then(|t| Ok(t.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_secs()))
+        .map(|t| t.as_secs_f64() * 1000f64)
-      .unwrap_or(0)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|err| err.duration().as_secs_f64() * -1000f64);
-  }};
+      serde_json::Number::from_f64(msec)
+        .map(serde_json::Value::Number)
+        .unwrap_or(serde_json::Value::Null)
+    }
+    Err(_) => serde_json::Value::Null,
+  }
 }
 
 #[inline(always)]
@@ -477,10 +484,10 @@ fn get_stat_json(
     "isDirectory": metadata.is_dir(),
     "isSymlink": metadata.file_type().is_symlink(),
     "size": metadata.len(),
-    // In seconds. Available on both Unix or Windows.
+    // In milliseconds, like JavaScript. Available on both Unix or Windows.
-    "modified":to_seconds!(metadata.modified()),
+    "mtime": to_msec(metadata.modified()),
-    "accessed":to_seconds!(metadata.accessed()),
+    "atime": to_msec(metadata.accessed()),
-    "created":to_seconds!(metadata.created()),
+    "birthtime": to_msec(metadata.created()),
     // Following are only valid under Unix.
     "dev": usm!(dev),
     "ino": usm!(ino),

std/archive/tar.ts

@@ -317,10 +317,9 @@ export class Tar {
 
     const mode =
         opts.fileMode || (info && info.mode) || parseInt("777", 8) & 0xfff,
-      mtime =
+      mtime = Math.floor(
-        opts.mtime ||
+        opts.mtime ?? (info?.mtime ?? new Date()).valueOf() / 1000
-        (info && info.modified) ||
+      ),
-        Math.floor(new Date().getTime() / 1000),
       uid = opts.uid || 0,
       gid = opts.gid || 0;
     if (typeof opts.owner === "string" && opts.owner.length >= 32) {

std/fs/copy.ts

@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ async function copyFile(
   await Deno.copyFile(src, dest);
   if (options.preserveTimestamps) {
     const statInfo = await Deno.stat(src);
-    assert(statInfo.accessed != null, `statInfo.accessed is unavailable`);
+    assert(statInfo.atime instanceof Date, `statInfo.atime is unavailable`);
-    assert(statInfo.modified != null, `statInfo.modified is unavailable`);
+    assert(statInfo.mtime instanceof Date, `statInfo.mtime is unavailable`);
-    await Deno.utime(dest, statInfo.accessed, statInfo.modified);
+    await Deno.utime(dest, statInfo.atime, statInfo.mtime);
   }
 }
 /* copy file to dest synchronously */
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ function copyFileSync(src: string, dest: string, options: CopyOptions): void {
   Deno.copyFileSync(src, dest);
   if (options.preserveTimestamps) {
     const statInfo = Deno.statSync(src);
-    assert(statInfo.accessed != null, `statInfo.accessed is unavailable`);
+    assert(statInfo.atime instanceof Date, `statInfo.atime is unavailable`);
-    assert(statInfo.modified != null, `statInfo.modified is unavailable`);
+    assert(statInfo.mtime instanceof Date, `statInfo.mtime is unavailable`);
-    Deno.utimeSync(dest, statInfo.accessed, statInfo.modified);
+    Deno.utimeSync(dest, statInfo.atime, statInfo.mtime);
   }
 }
 
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ async function copySymLink(
   await Deno.symlink(originSrcFilePath, dest, type);
   if (options.preserveTimestamps) {
     const statInfo = await Deno.lstat(src);
-    assert(statInfo.accessed != null, `statInfo.accessed is unavailable`);
+    assert(statInfo.atime instanceof Date, `statInfo.atime is unavailable`);
-    assert(statInfo.modified != null, `statInfo.modified is unavailable`);
+    assert(statInfo.mtime instanceof Date, `statInfo.mtime is unavailable`);
-    await Deno.utime(dest, statInfo.accessed, statInfo.modified);
+    await Deno.utime(dest, statInfo.atime, statInfo.mtime);
   }
 }
 
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ function copySymlinkSync(
   Deno.symlinkSync(originSrcFilePath, dest, type);
   if (options.preserveTimestamps) {
     const statInfo = Deno.lstatSync(src);
-    assert(statInfo.accessed != null, `statInfo.accessed is unavailable`);
+    assert(statInfo.atime instanceof Date, `statInfo.atime is unavailable`);
-    assert(statInfo.modified != null, `statInfo.modified is unavailable`);
+    assert(statInfo.mtime instanceof Date, `statInfo.mtime is unavailable`);
-    Deno.utimeSync(dest, statInfo.accessed, statInfo.modified);
+    Deno.utimeSync(dest, statInfo.atime, statInfo.mtime);
   }
 }
 
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ async function copyDir(
 
   if (options.preserveTimestamps) {
     const srcStatInfo = await Deno.stat(src);
-    assert(srcStatInfo.accessed != null, `statInfo.accessed is unavailable`);
+    assert(srcStatInfo.atime instanceof Date, `statInfo.atime is unavailable`);
-    assert(srcStatInfo.modified != null, `statInfo.modified is unavailable`);
+    assert(srcStatInfo.mtime instanceof Date, `statInfo.mtime is unavailable`);
-    await Deno.utime(dest, srcStatInfo.accessed, srcStatInfo.modified);
+    await Deno.utime(dest, srcStatInfo.atime, srcStatInfo.mtime);
   }
 
   for await (const file of Deno.readdir(src)) {
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ function copyDirSync(src: string, dest: string, options: CopyOptions): void {
 
   if (options.preserveTimestamps) {
     const srcStatInfo = Deno.statSync(src);
-    assert(srcStatInfo.accessed != null, `statInfo.accessed is unavailable`);
+    assert(srcStatInfo.atime instanceof Date, `statInfo.atime is unavailable`);
-    assert(srcStatInfo.modified != null, `statInfo.modified is unavailable`);
+    assert(srcStatInfo.mtime instanceof Date, `statInfo.mtime is unavailable`);
-    Deno.utimeSync(dest, srcStatInfo.accessed, srcStatInfo.modified);
+    Deno.utimeSync(dest, srcStatInfo.atime, srcStatInfo.mtime);
   }
 
   for (const file of Deno.readdirSync(src)) {

std/fs/copy_test.ts

@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ testCopy(
 
     const srcStatInfo = await Deno.stat(srcFile);
 
-    assert(typeof srcStatInfo.accessed === "number");
+    assert(srcStatInfo.atime instanceof Date);
-    assert(typeof srcStatInfo.modified === "number");
+    assert(srcStatInfo.mtime instanceof Date);
 
     // Copy with overwrite and preserve timestamps options.
     await copy(srcFile, destFile, {
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ testCopy(
 
     const destStatInfo = await Deno.stat(destFile);
 
-    assert(typeof destStatInfo.accessed === "number");
+    assert(destStatInfo.atime instanceof Date);
-    assert(typeof destStatInfo.modified === "number");
+    assert(destStatInfo.mtime instanceof Date);
-    assertEquals(destStatInfo.accessed, srcStatInfo.accessed);
+    assertEquals(destStatInfo.atime, srcStatInfo.atime);
-    assertEquals(destStatInfo.modified, srcStatInfo.modified);
+    assertEquals(destStatInfo.mtime, srcStatInfo.mtime);
   }
 );
 
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ testCopySync(
 
     const srcStatInfo = Deno.statSync(srcFile);
 
-    assert(typeof srcStatInfo.accessed === "number");
+    assert(srcStatInfo.atime instanceof Date);
-    assert(typeof srcStatInfo.modified === "number");
+    assert(srcStatInfo.mtime instanceof Date);
 
     // Copy with overwrite and preserve timestamps options.
     copySync(srcFile, destFile, {
@@ -338,12 +338,12 @@ testCopySync(
 
     const destStatInfo = Deno.statSync(destFile);
 
-    assert(typeof destStatInfo.accessed === "number");
+    assert(destStatInfo.atime instanceof Date);
-    assert(typeof destStatInfo.modified === "number");
+    assert(destStatInfo.mtime instanceof Date);
     // TODO: Activate test when https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/2411
     // is fixed
-    // assertEquals(destStatInfo.accessed, srcStatInfo.accessed);
+    // assertEquals(destStatInfo.atime, srcStatInfo.atime);
-    // assertEquals(destStatInfo.modified, srcStatInfo.modified);
+    // assertEquals(destStatInfo.mtime, srcStatInfo.mtime);
   }
 );
 

std/node/_fs/_fs_dirent_test.ts

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ class DirEntryMock implements Deno.DirEntry {
   isDirectory = false;
   isSymlink = false;
   size = -1;
-  modified = -1;
+  mtime = new Date(-1);
-  accessed = -1;
+  atime = new Date(-1);
-  created = -1;
+  birthtime = new Date(-1);
   name = "";
   dev = -1;
   ino = -1;