Also your ad hominem statement “
if you're programming for linux users you wouldn't be trying to provide info from a windows perspective anyway” is completely false as I, assuming I am aware of respective issue, would definitely point this out in code review and teaching if there is ever any chance that the resulting may be run cross-platform (i.e. just about always). <sarcasm>After all, the person in question may have would up on StackOverflow after searching for “file creation time” and gone “oh the C in ctime is for
creation” after quickly skimming over your answer.</sarcasm> —
ntninja 42 secs ago