How to find the created date of a repository project on GitHub?
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Solution
How can I find the created date of a project on GitHub?
Use the Repos GitHub API to retrieve this information
- Syntax: `https://api.github.com/repos/{:owner}/{:repository}`
- Example: `https://api.github.com/repos/libgit2/libgit2sharp`
The JSON payload will expose a `created_at` member with the UTC date the repository was created.
Considering the LibGit2Sharp repository above, one can see that it's been created on Feb, 2nd 2011 at 16:44:49 UTC.
Note: The `created_at` won't necessarily reflect the date of the first commit. It's the date the repository has been created on GitHub. For instance, the `xunit/resharper-xunit` project was recently moved from codeplex to GitHub. The `created_at` date is `2014-05-01T11:17:56Z`, but the most of the commits date back much more farther than that.
Problem
How can I find the created date of a project on GitHub? Basically, I have to find the first commit to see the created date, however, some projects have 500 commits, which wastes a lot of time trying to get to the first commit page. Is there a quicker way to get the created date?