Getting files by creation date in .NET

I have a folder which contains many files. Is there any easy way to get the file names in the directory sorted by their creation date/time?

If I use Directory.GetFiles(), it returns the files sorted by their file name.

Solution 1:

this could work for you.

using System.Linq;

DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo("PATH_TO_DIRECTORY_HERE");
FileInfo[] files = info.GetFiles().OrderBy(p => p.CreationTime).ToArray();
foreach (FileInfo file in files)
{
    // DO Something...
}

Solution 2:

You can use Linq

var files = Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\", "*").OrderByDescending(d => new FileInfo(d).CreationTime);

Solution 3:

If you don't want to use LINQ

// Get the files
DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo("path/to/files"));
FileInfo[] files = info.GetFiles();

// Sort by creation-time descending 
Array.Sort(files, delegate(FileInfo f1, FileInfo f2)
{
    return f2.CreationTime.CompareTo(f1.CreationTime);
});