gives the date at which the particular release of the Wolfram Language kernel you are running was created.
$CreationDate
gives the date at which the particular release of the Wolfram Language kernel you are running was created.
Details
- $CreationDate gives a DateObject.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
$CreationDateDateList[$CreationDate]Tech Notes
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 1991 (2.0) | Updated in 2014 (10.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1991), $CreationDate, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$CreationDate.html (updated 2014).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1991. "$CreationDate." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2014. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$CreationDate.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1991). $CreationDate. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$CreationDate.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_$creationdate, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$CreationDate}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$CreationDate.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_$creationdate, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$CreationDate}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$CreationDate.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}