BasicFileAttributes.creationTime() has the following syntax.
FileTime creationTime()
In the following code shows how to use BasicFileAttributes.creationTime() method.
//w ww .j a v a 2s .c o m import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { BasicFileAttributes attr = null; Path path = Paths.get("C:/tutorial/Java/JavaFX", "Topic.txt"); attr = Files.readAttributes(path, BasicFileAttributes.class); System.out.println("File creation time: " + attr.creationTime()); } }