01-21-2019
Most file system types used on BSD, Linux, and UNIX systems do not save a timestamp indicating when a file was created (and a directory is one type of a "file"). If a frequently used file system type on your system does save file creation timestamps, there is probably an option on the ls utility on your system that will print files' creation dates instead of the last modification time of the file's contents (default), last modification time of the file's metadata (-c option), or the last access time of the file (-u option) when printing a long listing (-l option).
You'll have to check the man page for ls on your system to determine whether or not your system provides such an option and what filesystem types support it, if it does.
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