The
stats.birthtime property is an inbuilt application programming interface of the fs.Stats class is used to get the timestamp when the file is created.
Syntax:
stats.birthtime
Return Value: It returns a Date that represents the timestamp when the file has been created.
Below examples illustrate the use of stats.birthtime property in Node.js:
Example 1:
Output:
Using stat: Wed May 13 2020 18:38:31 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
Using lstat: Sun Jun 21 2020 01:22:55 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
Example 2:
Output:
Using stat synchronous: Sun Jun 21 2020 01:22:55 GMT+0530
(India Standard Time)
Note: The above program will compile and run by using the
node filename.js command and use the file_path correctly.
Reference: https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_stats_birthtime
