How to get the Date of creation of a File[very.... Urgent....]

Hi, I want to display the date of creation of a File.I get the last accessed date from the lastModified()method ,but I want the file creation Date.Please reply me as soon as possible.
Happy middling with java

Netharam

if the file hasnt been modified since its creation date then it will return you the creation date.
as far as i know, if u modify the file then the cretaion date changes to the new modification.
same as in dos.
(but then again i may be wrong)

sorry U have misunderstood my post.You might have noticed in Windows,when u right click on a file & view its properties it displays the file's creation date,last Modified Date & last accessed date.Similarly I want the file creation Date.
Netharam

ok

did a little net searching and the answer i got is u CANT!

the reason for this is that now all platforms (including all kind of windows) have this information.
java need to support all platforms , so u cant do it.
u can try use JNI to access it.