Java Data Type How to - Determine file creation date in Java

Question

We would like to know how to determine file creation date in Java.

Answer

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributeView;
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
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public class Main {
  static void getAttributes(String pathStr) throws IOException {
    Path p = Paths.get(pathStr);
    BasicFileAttributes view = Files.getFileAttributeView(p,
        BasicFileAttributeView.class).readAttributes();
    System.out.println(view.creationTime() + " is the same as "
        + view.lastModifiedTime());
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    for (String s : args) {
      getAttributes(s);
    }
  }
}