How to get Creation Time of File in Java

To get creation time of file in java we can use the java.nio.file.Files API’s readAttributes() method.

Example : Get Creation Time of File in Java

package com.kscodes.sampleproject;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
import java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime;

public class FileCreationTime {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		Path path = Paths.get("C:\\kscodes\\work\\test.txt");

		try {
			BasicFileAttributes attrs = Files.readAttributes(path,
					BasicFileAttributes.class);

			 FileTime fileTime = attrs.creationTime();

			System.out.println("The Creation Time of File is ::" + fileTime);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			System.err.println("Error occurred");
		}
	}

}

package com.kscodes.sampleproject;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.nio.file.Files;

import java.nio.file.Path;

import java.nio.file.Paths;

import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;

import java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime;

public class FileCreationTime {

public static void main(String[] args) {

Path path = Paths.get("C:\\kscodes\\work\\test.txt");

try {

BasicFileAttributes attrs = Files.readAttributes(path,

BasicFileAttributes.class);

FileTime fileTime = attrs.creationTime();

System.out.println("The Creation Time of File is ::" + fileTime);

} catch (IOException e) {

System.err.println("Error occurred");

}

Output

The Creation Time of File is ::2015-11-22T13:45:14.03163Z

1	The Creation Time of File is ::2015-11-22T13:45:14.03163Z

Reference

1. Files readAttributes