code: public final Date getCreationDate(String alias)
          throws KeyStoreException
      {
          if (!initialized) {
              throw new KeyStoreException("Uninitialized keystore");
          }
          return keyStoreSpi.engineGetCreationDate(alias);
      }
docs: Returns the creation date of the entry identified by the given alias.
  
  @param alias the alias name
  
  @return the creation date of this entry, or null if the given alias does
  not exist
  
  @exception KeyStoreException if the keystore has not been initialized
  (loaded).