Get file creation time in c#

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Get file creation time in c#

מפתחת תכנה 1

I have my own tackles of pictures that change but with the same names.
When I want to get the time to create the file it gives me the creation time of the first even though a lot of pictures have already been replaced under the same name.
For example, an image under the name 333.png was replaced after a minute to another image under the same name 333.png
He's probably keeping history on the image by its name. How do I erase that history? so I can get the creation time of the current file.

Jack J Jun 25,296 Reputation points

2021-11-10T03:19:47.483+00:00
@מפתחת תכנה , as Viorel-1 said, we could use File.GetLastWriteTime to get the last write time of file. If you want to erase that history and get the creation time of the current file, you can use FileInfo.CreationTime property to do it:

Here is the code.

string path = "C:\\Output.txt"; DateTime first = File.GetCreationTime(path); DateTime last = File.GetLastWriteTime(path); FileInfo info = new FileInfo(path); if(first!=last) { info.CreationTime = last; }

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Jack J Jun 25,296 Reputation points

2021-12-10T07:58:27.3+00:00

@מפתחת תכנה , is any update? I think Viorel-1's suggestion is good. How about you?

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Jack J Jun 25,296 Reputation points

2021-11-10T03:19:47.483+00:00

@מפתחת תכנה , as Viorel-1 said, we could use File.GetLastWriteTime to get the last write time of file. If you want to erase that history and get the creation time of the current file, you can use FileInfo.CreationTime property to do it:

Here is the code.

string path = "C:\\Output.txt"; DateTime first = File.GetCreationTime(path); DateTime last = File.GetLastWriteTime(path); FileInfo info = new FileInfo(path); if(first!=last) { info.CreationTime = last; }

Example:
Jack J Jun 25,296 Reputation points

2021-12-10T07:58:27.3+00:00

@מפתחת תכנה , is any update? I think Viorel-1's suggestion is good. How about you?

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Viorel 122.5K

Maybe use "Last Write Time" instead of creation time. Or, if the files are replaced by your program, you can change the creation time programmatically using FileInfo class.

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