How to Get Folder Creation Date in PowerShell

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

The following methods show how to use it with syntax.

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

# Specify the path to the folder
$folderPath = "C:\temp\log\syslog\"

# Get the creation date of a folder

(Get-Item -Path $folderPath).CreationTime

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

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

# Specify the path to the folder
$folderPath = "C:\temp\log\"

# Get the creation date of a folder

(Get-ChildItem -Path $folderPath).CreationTime

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

The following examples show how to use these methods.

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

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

# Specify the path to the folder
$folderPath = "C:\temp\log\syslog\"

# Get the creation date of a folder

(Get-Item -Path $folderPath).CreationTime

Output:

The output shows the creation date of a folder.

Get the Folder Creation Date Using Get-ChildItem in PowerShell

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

# Specify the path to the folder
$folderPath = "C:\temp\log\"

# Get the creation date of a folder

(Get-ChildItem -Path $folderPath).CreationTime

Output:

The output shows the creation date of a folder specified by the $folderPath variable.

Conclusion

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

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