Get a files creation date with UTL_FILE or DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.SEARCHFILES

Question

Hello gurus!
I have a number of files in the filesystem and i need to find out the names and creation dates of these files. Please do not suggest Java as that is not an option.
So far i get the names of the files from the SYS side with a procedure that I can call from the user side. The procedure returns an XML string:
create or replace procedure list_directory(directory varchar2, retResultSet OUT VARCHAR2) is
     ns          VARCHAR2(1024);
     v_directory VARCHAR2(1024);
BEGIN
      v_directory := directory;
      SYS.DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.SEARCHFILES(v_directory, ns);
      retResultSet := '<list>';
      FOR each_file IN (SELECT fname_krbmsft AS name FROM x$krbmsft) LOOP
          --DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(each_file.name);
          retResultSet := retResultSet  || '<file>' ||each_file.name|| '</file>';
      END LOOP;
      retResultSet := retResultSet || '</list>';
end list_directory;Question 1:
Something like each_file.creation_date would be perfect but it seems like the filename is the only attribute available here from x$krbmsft. Am i wrong? Any other way on the SYS side to get the date?
Question 2:
On the users side i could use UTL_FILE to get filesize but not much more valuable information. Can i get the creation date somehow with UTL_FILE or similar?
Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

Anyone got any ideas?Maybe a method as described in Re: Read all file names from Directory. may help (Shows also FileCreationDate).