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Returns the date and time the specified file or directory was last written to

using System; using System.IO; class Test  {     public static void Main()      {             string path = @"c:\MyDir";             if (!Directory.Exists(path))              {                 Directory.CreateDirectory(path);             }              else              {                 // Take an action which will affect the write time.                 Directory.SetLastWriteTime(path, new DateTime(1985,4,3));             }             // Get the creation time of a well-known directory.             DateTime dt = Directory.GetLastWriteTime(path);             Console.WriteLine("The last write time for this directory was {0}", dt);                    // Update the last write time.             Directory.SetLastWriteTime(path, DateTime.Now);             dt = Directory.GetLastWriteTime(path);             Console.WriteLine("The last write time for this directory was {0}", dt);     } }