How to Get File Creation Date in PowerShell

To get the file creation date in PowerShell, you can use the Get-Item cmdlet to retrieve file information and then access the CreationTime property.

The following methods show how to use it with syntax.

Method 1: Get the file creation date using Get-Item cmdlet

# Specify the path to the file
$filePath = "C:\temp\log\system_log.txt"

# Get the creation date of a file

(Get-Item -Path $filePath).CreationTime

This example returns the creation date of a file in PowerShell.

Method 2: Get the file creation date using Get-ChildItem cmdlet

# Specify the path to the file
$filePath = "C:\temp\log\system_log.txt"

# Get the creation date of a file

(Get-ChildItem -Path $filePath).CreationTime

This example outputs the file creation date time to the console.

The following examples show how to use these methods.

Get the File Creation Date Using Get-Item Cmdlet in PowerShell

To get the file creation date in PowerShell, you can use the Get-Item cmdlet to retrieve the file information and then access the Creationtime property to get the creation date of a file.

# Specify the path to the file
$filePath = "C:\temp\log\system_log.txt"

# Get the creation date of a file

(Get-Item -Path $filePath).CreationTime

Output:

The output shows the creation date of a file.

Get the File Creation Date Using Get-ChildItem in PowerShell

Another way to get the file creation date is by using the Get-ChildItem cmdlet that retrieves the file information and then accesses the Creationtime property.

# Specify the path to the file
$filePath = "C:\temp\log\system_log.txt"

# Get the creation date of a file

(Get-ChildItem -Path $filePath).CreationTime

Output:

The output shows the creation date of a file specified by the $filePath variable.

Conclusion

I hope the above article on getting the file creation date in PowerShell is helpful to you.

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