I thought that I could easily check the timestamp of particular files. Then I realized that it wouldn't be so easy when I saw timestamps like 1991.
How to Determine the Age of a Linux System Since Installation
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Best Answer
The simplest way would probably be (presuming sda1 is your /root/):
This should show you the date on which the file system was created. Confirmed to work on ext2 to ext4, not sure about other file systems!