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Is there a way to know the creation date of a folder?

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I can't find the creation date in the properties. Is there a way to know? I tried arranging the files by modification as to know which were created first but I don't know if it is in ascending or descending order.

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answered 3 Years ago sipwing · Accepted Answer

I don't think creation date is stored. There is a modification date associated with any file, which you can see by running ls -l in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T should open it). But if you modify any file inside the directory, I believe this modification date is touched.

EDIT: Here's a more precise answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14842195/how-to-get-file-creation-date-time-in-bash-debian. Seems like you can see creation date, using debugfs. But only for ext4 fs.