Need content-created date of a file in Java

Question

I know there are several questions asked around this, but no Java solution. My question is same:

My goal is to display the date of an Excel file. But if I download the file from the internet, automatically the creation date and modify date are set to current time and date. I looked upon the file's properties, and found that in section 'Details' , under personal information , there is a section called 'Source' and there , it has a property called 'Content Created' with the original date file.

So, I don't want :-

but this :-

Should be this, isn't it ? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27225499/how-to-get-last-saved-by-office-file-attribute-in-java — Marged, Aug 19 '17 at 20:58
If I remember correctly POI supports both versions oft the Excel file format — Marged, Aug 19 '17 at 21:16
Yes, but am looking for someway to get content-created which am not able to get via POI — Dave Ranjan, Aug 19 '17 at 21:18

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 20 '17 at 00:12

POI does support the xls format, though the method for extracting the properties is different from xlsx.

HSSFWorkbook wb = (HSSFWorkbook)WorkbookFactory.create(new File("sample.xls"));             
SummaryInformation props = wb.getSummaryInformation();
System.out.println("Content Created: " + props.getCreateDateTime());

Output:

Content Created: Tue Nov 22 07:49:38 PST 2005

Here's a screenshot of the sample.xls properties that confirms that the required date is being extracted.

Thanx, you are a savior, I am completely new to POI. – Dave Ranjan Aug 20 '17 at 20:14 — Dave Ranjan, Aug 20 '17 at 20:14

Need content-created date of a file in Java

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