FileSystemInfo.CreationTimeUtc Property
Gets or sets the creation time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), of the current file or directory.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.DateTimeThe creation date and time in UTC format of the current FileSystemInfo object.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| IOException | Refresh cannot initialize the data. |
| DirectoryNotFoundException | The specified path is invalid; for example, it is on an unmapped drive. |
| PlatformNotSupportedException | The current operating system is not Windows NT or later. |
| ArgumentOutOfRangeException | The caller attempts to set an invalid access time. |
Note This method may return an inaccurate value, because it uses native functions whose values may not be continuously updated by the operating system.
The value of the CreationTimeUtc property is pre-cached if the current instance of the FileSystemInfo object was returned from any of the following DirectoryInfo methods:
To get the latest value, call the Refresh method.
If the file described in the FileSystemInfo object does not exist, this property will return 12:00 midnight, January 1, 1601 A.D. (C.E.) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
NTFS-formatted drives may cache file meta-info, such as file creation time, for a short period of time. This process is known as file tunneling. As a result, it may be necessary to explicitly set the creation time of a file if you are overwriting or replacing an existing file.
This property value is null if the file system containing the FileSystemInfo object does not support this information.
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition Platform Note: These operating systems do not support this property, and DirectoryInfo implementations of this property are not supported.
- FileIOPermission
for setting the creation time. Associated enumeration: FileIOPermissionAccess.Write
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.