Is it possible to retrieve the create time of the iPhone contacts record?

Question

I want to ask a question about iPhone. Is it possible to retrieve the creation time from the iPhone contacts of each record? Thank you.

Answer 1

For iOS6+ it's a bit different:

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterMediumStyle];
[dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterMediumStyle];

/* -> I left out the ask for permission code here */

ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, nil);

if (addressBook != nil)
{        
    NSArray *allPeople = (__bridge_transfer NSArray
                            *)ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook);

    for( id contactPerson in allPeople )
    {
        NSString *firstName = (__bridge_transfer NSString
                               *)ABRecordCopyValue((__bridge ABRecordRef)(contactPerson), kABPersonFirstNameProperty);

        NSDate* createDate = (__bridge_transfer NSDate*) ABRecordCopyValue((__bridge ABRecordRef)(contactPerson), kABPersonCreationDateProperty );
        NSString* formattedDate = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:createDate];

        NSLog( @"%@ created %@", firstName, formattedDate );
    }
}

CFRelease(addressBook);