Finding the date on which a Fedora 23 was installed on a given machine

[Stephen Gallagher]

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On 01/15/2016 05:34 AM, Christopher Ross wrote:
> 
> On 14/01/16 17:43, Kevin Wilson wrote:
>> Is there a way to find out the date on which a Fedora distro was 
>> installed on a given machine (assuming that the date was set
>> correctly on the machine when it was installed)?
> 
> 
> # rpm -qi fedora-release
> 
> Name        : fedora-release Version     : 22 Release     : 1 
> Architecture: noarch Install Date: Tue 26 May 2015 20:34:10 BST 
> Group       : System Environment/Base Size        : 4235 License
> : MIT Signature   : RSA/SHA256, Tue 19 May 2015 19:08:23 BST, Key
> ID 11adc0948e1431d5 Source RPM  : fedora-release-22-1.src.rpm Build
> Date  : Tue 19 May 2015 15:27:10 BST Build Host  :
> arm04-builder06.arm.fedoraproject.org Relocations : (not
> relocatable) Packager    : Fedora Project Vendor      : Fedora
> Project URL         : http://fedoraproject.org Summary     : Fedora
> release files Description : Fedora release files such as various
> /etc/ files that define the release.
> 
> 
> Hope this helps, Chris R.
> 

That approach will only work if the fedora-release package hasn't been
updated (because then you'll see the date of that update, not the
original date).

I think the best approach was the first one suggested; checking the
ctime of /root/anaconda-ks.cfg
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