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Database.CreateDate Property

Gets the date that the database was created.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None Or SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone Or SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase)> _
Public ReadOnly Property CreateDate As DateTime
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Database
Dim value As DateTime

value = instance.CreateDate

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase)]
public DateTime CreateDate { get; }

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::None|SfcPropertyFlags::Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags::SqlAzureDatabase)]
public:
virtual property DateTime CreateDate {
    DateTime get () sealed;
}

[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase)>]
abstract CreateDate : DateTime
[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase)>]
override CreateDate : DateTime

final function get CreateDate () : DateTime

Property Value

Type: System.DateTime
A DateTime object value that specifies the date when the database was created.

Implements

IDatabaseOptions.CreateDate

Examples

VB

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server

'Reference the AdventureWorks2008R2 database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks2008R2")

'Display date data for the database.
Console.WriteLine(db.Name)
Console.WriteLine("Created on " + db.CreateDate)
Console.WriteLine("Last backed up on " + db.LastBackupDate)
Console.WriteLine("Log last backed up on " + db.LastLogBackupDate)

PowerShell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2008R2")

Write-Host $db.Name
Write-Host "Created on" $db.CreateDate
Write-Host "Last backed up on" $db.LastBackupDate
Write-Host "Log last backed up on" $db.LastLogBackupDate