Creation Date PDF Google Drive

Question

I want to change the creation date on a Google Drive PDF file. So, how can I achieve this?

public static File SetLastModified(string fileID, DateTime lastModified)
{
    File file = DriveService.Files.Get(fileID).Fetch();
    file.ModifiedDate = lastModified.ToString("yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss.fff'Z'");
    try
    {
        FilesResource.UpdateRequest request = DriveService.Files.Update(file, fileID);
        request.SetModifiedDate = true;
        file = request.Fetch();
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        throw;
    }
    return file;
}

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65849469/creation-date-pdf-google-drive

Answer 1

It is not possible to change the creation date of a file using Files:update() method

If you will check the request body for Files:update() , you can only modify the parameters listed in the table provided in the document. createdTime property is not included in the list.

The one being modified in your sample code is the modifiedTime property which is included in the list of editable properties.

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If you want to have a file with a specified createdTime, you need to create a new file using Files:create(). createdTime can be modified as part of the request body

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Additional Reference:

Drive API Quickstart - Setup Drive API for different platforms

Drive API - How to create Files