Add Operating System Installation Date to Fastfetch

Quite sometime ago I wrote about how to find the operating system install date or age for GNU/Linux and Windows for the curious minds at heart. Since then, I thought it would be interesting to look at how to add the installation date to the system information tool Fastfetch similarly like I demonstrated in the past about adding weather data caching. Please be aware that the installation date should be treated as an approximation due to data loss or alteration. Additionally, determining this date can be tricky depending on the circumstances, and can be achieved in numerous ways. In my experience the root file system creation date is the most reliable, but this may vary for each system. No matter which method is used there is an option available to have the installation date displayed in Fastfetch using this comprehensive guide. Fastfetch Configuration The system information tool stores its settings in a file formatted in JSONC (JSON with comments) that allows the user to adjust it to…