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C# program to get file creation time

In this C# program, we are going to learn how to print (get) the file creation time? Here, method File.GetCreationTime() is using.
Submitted by IncludeHelp, on October 29, 2017

Here, we have to create a file and print the time, when it is created.

File.GetCreationTime()

This is a method of "File" class, which returns the file creation time.

Syntax:

DateTime GetCreationTime(path);

Parameter(s):

path - Filename with its location.

Return value:

It returns a DateTime object. This contains following information:

1. Month
2. Date
3. Year
4. Hour
5. Minutes
6. Seconds
7. AM and PM

Program

using System;
using System.IO;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
	class Program
	{
		static void Main()
		{
			DateTime D1 =  File.GetCreationTime("XYZ.TXT");
			Console.WriteLine("File Creation Time : "+D1.ToString());
		}
	}
}

Output

File Creation Time : 10/27/2017 6:53:39 PM

Note: In above program, we need to remember, when we use "File" class, System.IO namespace must be included in the program.

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