Question

How can I get the date of when a file was created? I am running Windows.

Answer 1

Use stat function

see here

#include <sys/stat.h>

#include <unistd.h>

#include <time.h>



struct tm* clock;               // create a time structure

struct stat attrib;         // create a file attribute structure

stat("afile.txt", &attrib);     // get the attributes of afile.txt

clock = gmtime(&(attrib.st_mtime)); // Get the last modified time and put it into the time structure