Method: File::Stat#birthtime

Defined in:
file.c

#birthtime ⇒ Time

Returns the birth time for stat.

If the platform doesn’t have birthtime, raises NotImplementedError.

File.write("testfile", "foo")
sleep 10
File.write("testfile", "bar")
sleep 10
File.chmod(0644, "testfile")
sleep 10
File.read("testfile")
File.stat("testfile").birthtime   #=> 2014-02-24 11:19:17 +0900
File.stat("testfile").mtime       #=> 2014-02-24 11:19:27 +0900
File.stat("testfile").ctime       #=> 2014-02-24 11:19:37 +0900
File.stat("testfile").atime       #=> 2014-02-24 11:19:47 +0900

Returns:



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# File 'file.c', line 1055

static VALUE
rb_stat_birthtime(VALUE self)
{
    return stat_birthtime(get_stat(self));
}