Directory.GetCreationTime(String) Method

public:
 static DateTime GetCreationTime(System::String ^ path);

public static DateTime GetCreationTime(string path);

static member GetCreationTime : string -> DateTime

Public Shared Function GetCreationTime (path As String) As DateTime

Parameters

Returns

A structure that is set to the creation date and time for the specified directory. This value is expressed in local time.

Exceptions

Examples

The following example gets the creation time of the specified directory.

using System;
using System.IO;

class Test
{
 public static void Main()
 {
 try
 {
 // Get the creation time of a well-known directory.
 DateTime dt = Directory.GetCreationTime(Environment.CurrentDirectory);

 // Give feedback to the user.
 if (DateTime.Now.Subtract(dt).TotalDays > 364)
 {
 Console.WriteLine("This directory is over a year old.");
 }
 else if (DateTime.Now.Subtract(dt).TotalDays > 30)
 {
 Console.WriteLine("This directory is over a month old.");
 }
 else if (DateTime.Now.Subtract(dt).TotalDays <= 1)
 {
 Console.WriteLine("This directory is less than a day old.");
 }
 else
 {
 Console.WriteLine("This directory was created on {0}", dt);
 }
 }
 catch (Exception e)
 {
 Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString());
 }
 }
}

open System
open System.IO

try
 // Get the creation time of a well-known directory.
 let dt = Directory.GetCreationTime Environment.CurrentDirectory

 // Give feedback to the user.
 if DateTime.Now.Subtract(dt).TotalDays > 364 then
 printfn "This directory is over a year old."
 elif DateTime.Now.Subtract(dt).TotalDays > 30 then
 printfn "This directory is over a month old."
 elif DateTime.Now.Subtract(dt).TotalDays <= 1 then
 printfn "This directory is less than a day old."
 else
 printfn $"This directory was created on {dt}"
with e ->
 printfn $"The process failed: {e}"

Imports System.IO

Public Class Test
 Public Shared Sub Main()
 Try
 ' Get the creation time of a well-known directory.
 Dim dt As DateTime = Directory.GetCreationTime(Environment.CurrentDirectory)

 ' Give feedback to the user.
 If DateTime.Now.Subtract(dt).TotalDays > 364 Then
 Console.WriteLine("This directory is over a year old.")
 ElseIf DateTime.Now.Subtract(dt).TotalDays > 30 Then
 Console.WriteLine("This directory is over a month old.")
 ElseIf DateTime.Now.Subtract(dt).TotalDays <= 1 Then
 Console.WriteLine("This directory is less than a day old.")
 Else
 Console.WriteLine("This directory was created on {0}", dt)
 End If

 Catch e As Exception
 Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString())
 End Try
 End Sub
End Class

Remarks

This method is equivalent to File.GetCreationTime.

If the directory described in the path parameter does not exist, this method returns 12:00 midnight, January 1, 1601 A.D. (C.E.) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), adjusted to local time.

The path parameter is permitted to specify relative or absolute path information. Relative path information is interpreted as relative to the current working directory. To obtain the current working directory, see GetCurrentDirectory.

The case-sensitivity of the path parameter corresponds to that of the file system on which the code is running. For example, it's case-insensitive on NTFS (the default Windows file system) and case-sensitive on Linux file systems.

For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.

See also

• FileSystemWatcher
• File and Stream I/O
• How to: Read Text from a File
• How to: Write Text to a File