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I'm trying to find the creation date (NOT modification date) of a file. Creation date doesn't appear to be in the attributes of a file, though modified date is. I'm using this code.. NSFileManager* fm = [NSFileManager defaultManager]; NSString* path = [PathHelpers pathInDocumentsFolderWithFilename:FILE_NAME]; NSDictionary* attrs = [fm attributesOfItemAtPath:path error:nil]; if (attrs != nil) { return (NSDate*)[attrs objectForKey: NSFileCreationDate]; } else { return nil; } This always returns nil. Typing 'po attrs' into the debugger to get the list of key/value pairs in the NSDictionary returns the following.. NSFileGroupOwnerAccountID = 20; NSFileGroupOwnerAccountName = staff; NSFileModificationDate = 2010-01-21 11:47:55 +0000; NSFileOwnerAccountID = 501; NSFileOwnerAccountName = ben; NSFilePosixPermissions = 420; NSFileReferenceCount = 1; NSFileSize = 338; NSFileSystemFileNumber = 2234; NSFileSystemNumber = 42553324; NSFileType = NSFileTypeRegular; No creation date.. bah.. Anyone know another way of getting the creation date or does it just not exist in iOS?

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