ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
OS = RHEL 8.9.20240221.0
Openshift Kubernetes
JDK 21.0.3 + 21.0.2 + 21.0.1 + 17.0.11 + 17.0.10

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
It appears BasicFileAttributes is no longer able to return the creation time of a file instead returning "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z".
I recently migrated from JDK 17 to 21 which was when I noticed this issue as it used to work. This is however present in both JDK17 + 21.

Upon investigation (keeping all things equal and just changing the JDK verison), this issue was introduced in JDK21.0.2/JDK17.0.11. It seems both JDK21.0.1/17.0.10 return the correct creation date for the target file.

I also noticed this issue when using attributes.setTimes(time, time, time); to set the file times. This call appears to longer work like it used to.

REGRESSION : Last worked in version 21

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Create a pod running RHEL 8.9.20240221.0
Run the following commands:
jshell
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
BasicFileAttributes attr = Files.readAttributes(Path.of("<your-file>"), BasicFileAttributes.class);
attr.creationTime().toInstant();

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
The correct creation time of the file e.g. 2024-05-01T22:25:7557213Z
ACTUAL -
The default creation time of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z as per the documentation for creationTime() as a default value

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
jshell
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
BasicFileAttributes attr = Files.readAttributes(Path.of("<your-file>"), BasicFileAttributes.class);
attr.creationTime().toInstant();
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
No known workaround except using older JDK versions

FREQUENCY : always