C# Directory GetCreationTimeUtc
Description
Directory GetCreationTimeUtc Gets the creation date
and time, in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format, of a directory.
Syntax
Directory.GetCreationTimeUtc has the following syntax.
public static DateTime GetCreationTimeUtc(
string path
)
Parameters
Directory.GetCreationTimeUtc has the following parameters.
path- The path of the directory.
Returns
Directory.GetCreationTimeUtc method returns A structure that is set to the creation date and time for the specified directory.
This value is expressed in UTC time.
Example
The following example illustrates the differences in output when using Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) output.
/*www .j av a 2 s .com*/
using System;
using System.IO;
public class DirectoryUTCTime
{
public static void Main()
{
string n = @"C:\test\newdir";
DateTime dtime1 = new DateTime(2014, 1, 3);
DateTime dtime2 = new DateTime(1999, 1, 1);
Directory.SetCreationTime(n, dtime1);
Directory.SetLastAccessTimeUtc(n, dtime1);
Console.WriteLine("Creation Date: {0}", Directory.GetCreationTime(n));
Console.WriteLine("UTC creation Date: {0}", Directory.GetCreationTimeUtc(n));
Console.WriteLine("Last write time: {0}", Directory.GetLastWriteTime(n));
Console.WriteLine("UTC last write time: {0}", Directory.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(n));
Console.WriteLine("Last access time: {0}", Directory.GetLastAccessTime(n));
Console.WriteLine("UTC last access time: {0}", Directory.GetLastAccessTimeUtc(n));
Directory.SetLastWriteTimeUtc(n, dtime2);
Console.WriteLine("Changed last write time: {0}", Directory.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(n));
}
}