C# Directory SetCreationTime

Description

Directory SetCreationTime Sets the creation date and time for the specified file or directory.

Syntax

Directory.SetCreationTime has the following syntax.

public static void SetCreationTime(
  string path,
  DateTime creationTime
)

Parameters

Directory.SetCreationTime has the following parameters.

• path - The file or directory for which to set the creation date and time information.
• creationTime - An object that contains the value to set for the creation date and time of path. This value is expressed in local time.

Returns

Directory.SetCreationTime method returns

Example

Sets the creation date and time for the specified file or directory.

using System;/* w  ww .j  av a  2 s .  c  o  m*/
using System.IO;

public class DirectoryUTCTime
{
  public static void Main()
  {
     string n = @"C:\test\newdir";
     DateTime dtime1 = new DateTime(2014, 1, 3);
    
     Directory.SetCreationTime(n, dtime1);
  }
}