I'm looking to sort the files in a folder by the date they were created or last modified. I'm loading the contents of a folder in google drive with the following code:

var folder = DriveApp.getFolderById(folderID);
var contents = folder.getFiles();
data = file.getId();
var image = DriveApp.getFileById(data);

My understanding is that contents above is an array containing a list of file IDs in the drive. Is it possible to sort contents by date created/modified before proceeding to the next step?

CodePudding user response：

Sorting an array of files by datecreated

function myfunck() {
  var folder = DriveApp.getFolderById(folderID);
  var contents = folder.getFiles();
  let arr = [];
  while (contents.hasNext) {
    let file = contents.next();
    arr.push(file)
  }
  //sort arr by dateCreated
  arr.sort((a, b) => {
    let vA = new Date(a.getDateCreated()).valueOf();
    let vB = new Date(b.getDateCreated()).valueOf();
    return vA-vB
  });
 //the rest of your code makes no sense. 
}