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I can't find the creation date in the properties. Is there a way to know? I tried arranging the files by modification as to know which were created first but I don't know if it is in ascending or descending order.

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I don't think creation date is stored. There is a modification date associated with any file, which you can see by running ls -l in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T should open it). But if you modify any file inside the directory, I believe this modification date is touched.

EDIT: Here's a more precise answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14842195/how-to-get-file-creation-date-time-in-bash-debian. Seems like you can see creation date, using debugfs. But only for ext4 fs.

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  • @GabrielF, if you're referring to ctime, please see the comment to this answer which makes it clear that ctime isn't the "creation date". According to this, ctime is "call time".
    – user25656
    Jan 5, 2014 at 13:29
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    In ext4, there's also crtime, which is creation time. See here: ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Disk_Layout
    – GabrielF
    Jan 5, 2014 at 14:02
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You may try installing KDE Dolphin File Manager: sudo apt install dolphin , and tick/enable "Created" column.

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