Go Function to Return MacOS X created time (birthtime)

test.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"os"
	"syscall"
	"time"
)

func GetCreatedTime(file string) (crtime time.Time) {
	f, err := os.Open(file)
	defer f.Close()

	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	// More details using the syscall package
	var s syscall.Stat_t

	// Get the file descriptor
	fd := int(f.Fd())

	err = syscall.Fstat(fd, &s)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	return time.Unix(s.Birthtimespec.Unix())
}

func main() {
	crtime := GetCreatedTime("test.go")
	fmt.Printf("  birth: %s\n ", crtime)
}