Audit.CreateDate Property
Gets the date and time when the audit log was created.
Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)> _
Public ReadOnly Property CreateDate As DateTime
Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Audit
Dim value As DateTime
value = instance.CreateDate
[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)]
public DateTime CreateDate { get; }
[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::Standalone)]
public:
property DateTime CreateDate {
DateTime get ();
}
[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)>]
member CreateDate : DateTime
function get CreateDate () : DateTime
Property Value
Type: System.DateTime
A DateTime system object value that specifies the time and date when the audit log was created.
Examples
The following code example demonstrates how to get the date and time when the audit log was created and display that information on the console.
C#
using System;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo;
namespace samples
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Create the audit
Server dbServer = new Server("(local)");
Audit dbAudit = new Audit(dbServer, "Test Audit");
dbAudit.DestinationType = AuditDestinationType.File;
dbAudit.FilePath = "C:\\AuditDirectory";
dbAudit.Create();
//Get the audit date and display it on the console
DateTime auditDate = dbAudit.CreateDate;
Console.WriteLine("The audit began at " +
auditDate.ToString());
}
}
}
Powershell
#Create the audit
$dbServer = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$dbAudit = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Audit($dbServer, "Test Audit")
$dbAudit.DestinationType = [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.AuditDestinationType]'File'
$dbAudit.FilePath = "C:\AuditDirectory"
$dbAudit.Create()
#Get the audit date and display it
Write-Host "The audit began at" $dbAudit.CreateDate