diff --git a/db/db_impl/db_impl.cc b/db/db_impl/db_impl.cc
index 72cfb0be93..14d9523f75 100644
--- a/db/db_impl/db_impl.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl/db_impl.cc
@@ -4270,6 +4270,26 @@ Status DBImpl::ReserveFileNumbersBeforeIngestion(
   dummy_sv_ctx.Clean();
   return s;
 }
+
+Status DBImpl::GetCreationTimeOfOldestFile(uint64_t* creation_time) {
+  if (mutable_db_options_.max_open_files == -1) {
+    uint64_t oldest_time = port::kMaxUint64;
+    for (auto cfd : *versions_->GetColumnFamilySet()) {
+      uint64_t ctime;
+      cfd->current()->GetCreationTimeOfOldestFile(&ctime);
+      if (ctime < oldest_time) {
+        oldest_time = ctime;
+      }
+      if (oldest_time == 0) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    *creation_time = oldest_time;
+    return Status::OK();
+  } else {
+    return Status::NotSupported("This API only works if max_open_files = -1");
+  }
+}
 #endif  // ROCKSDB_LITE
 
 }  // namespace rocksdb
diff --git a/db/db_impl/db_impl.h b/db/db_impl/db_impl.h
index 4a9b243d92..d3bf37b7d1 100644
--- a/db/db_impl/db_impl.h
+++ b/db/db_impl/db_impl.h
@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@ class DBImpl : public DB {
   virtual Status GetSortedWalFiles(VectorLogPtr& files) override;
   virtual Status GetCurrentWalFile(
       std::unique_ptr<LogFile>* current_log_file) override;
+  virtual Status GetCreationTimeOfOldestFile(
+      uint64_t* creation_time) override;
 
   virtual Status GetUpdatesSince(
       SequenceNumber seq_number, std::unique_ptr<TransactionLogIterator>* iter,
diff --git a/db/db_test.cc b/db/db_test.cc
index 04785c3c1d..89553b3a79 100644
--- a/db/db_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_test.cc
@@ -2798,6 +2798,11 @@ class ModelDB : public DB {
     return Status::OK();
   }
 
+  virtual Status GetCreationTimeOfOldestFile(
+      uint64_t* /*creation_time*/) override {
+    return Status::NotSupported();
+  }
+
   Status DeleteFile(std::string /*name*/) override { return Status::OK(); }
 
   Status GetUpdatesSince(
@@ -6271,6 +6276,106 @@ TEST_F(DBTest, LargeBlockSizeTest) {
   ASSERT_NOK(TryReopenWithColumnFamilies({"default", "pikachu"}, options));
 }
 
+TEST_F(DBTest, CreationTimeOfOldestFile) {
+  const int kNumKeysPerFile = 32;
+  const int kNumLevelFiles = 2;
+  const int kValueSize = 100;
+
+  Options options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.max_open_files = -1;
+  env_->time_elapse_only_sleep_ = false;
+  options.env = env_;
+
+  env_->addon_time_.store(0);
+  DestroyAndReopen(options);
+
+  bool set_file_creation_time_to_zero = true;
+  int idx = 0;
+
+  int64_t time_1 = 0;
+  env_->GetCurrentTime(&time_1);
+  const uint64_t uint_time_1 = static_cast<uint64_t>(time_1);
+
+  // Add 50 hours
+  env_->addon_time_.fetch_add(50 * 60 * 60);
+
+  int64_t time_2 = 0;
+  env_->GetCurrentTime(&time_2);
+  const uint64_t uint_time_2 = static_cast<uint64_t>(time_2);
+
+  rocksdb::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->SetCallBack(
+      "PropertyBlockBuilder::AddTableProperty:Start", [&](void* arg) {
+        TableProperties* props = reinterpret_cast<TableProperties*>(arg);
+        if (set_file_creation_time_to_zero) {
+          if (idx == 0) {
+            props->file_creation_time = 0;
+            idx++;
+          } else if (idx == 1) {
+            props->file_creation_time = uint_time_1;
+            idx = 0;
+          }
+        } else {
+          if (idx == 0) {
+            props->file_creation_time = uint_time_1;
+            idx++;
+          } else if (idx == 1) {
+            props->file_creation_time = uint_time_2;
+          }
+        }
+      });
+  rocksdb::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->EnableProcessing();
+
+  Random rnd(301);
+  for (int i = 0; i < kNumLevelFiles; ++i) {
+    for (int j = 0; j < kNumKeysPerFile; ++j) {
+      ASSERT_OK(
+          Put(Key(i * kNumKeysPerFile + j), RandomString(&rnd, kValueSize)));
+    }
+    Flush();
+  }
+
+  // At this point there should be 2 files, oen with file_creation_time = 0 and
+  // the other non-zero. GetCreationTimeOfOldestFile API should return 0.
+  uint64_t creation_time;
+  Status s1 = dbfull()->GetCreationTimeOfOldestFile(&creation_time);
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, creation_time);
+  ASSERT_EQ(s1, Status::OK());
+
+  // Testing with non-zero file creation time.
+  set_file_creation_time_to_zero = false;
+  options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.max_open_files = -1;
+  env_->time_elapse_only_sleep_ = false;
+  options.env = env_;
+
+  env_->addon_time_.store(0);
+  DestroyAndReopen(options);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < kNumLevelFiles; ++i) {
+    for (int j = 0; j < kNumKeysPerFile; ++j) {
+      ASSERT_OK(
+          Put(Key(i * kNumKeysPerFile + j), RandomString(&rnd, kValueSize)));
+    }
+    Flush();
+  }
+
+  // At this point there should be 2 files with non-zero file creation time.
+  // GetCreationTimeOfOldestFile API should return non-zero value.
+  uint64_t ctime;
+  Status s2 = dbfull()->GetCreationTimeOfOldestFile(&ctime);
+  ASSERT_EQ(uint_time_1, ctime);
+  ASSERT_EQ(s2, Status::OK());
+
+  // Testing with max_open_files != -1
+  options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.max_open_files = 10;
+  DestroyAndReopen(options);
+  Status s3 = dbfull()->GetCreationTimeOfOldestFile(&ctime);
+  ASSERT_EQ(s3, Status::NotSupported());
+
+  rocksdb::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
+}
+
 }  // namespace rocksdb
 
 #ifdef ROCKSDB_UNITTESTS_WITH_CUSTOM_OBJECTS_FROM_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/db/version_set.cc b/db/version_set.cc
index ac66a5cb38..11264205a2 100644
--- a/db/version_set.cc
+++ b/db/version_set.cc
@@ -1481,6 +1481,25 @@ uint64_t Version::GetSstFilesSize() {
   return sst_files_size;
 }
 
+void Version::GetCreationTimeOfOldestFile(uint64_t* creation_time) {
+  uint64_t oldest_time = port::kMaxUint64;
+  for (int level = 0; level < storage_info_.num_non_empty_levels_; level++) {
+    for (FileMetaData* meta : storage_info_.LevelFiles(level)) {
+      assert(meta->fd.table_reader != nullptr);
+      uint64_t file_creation_time =
+          meta->fd.table_reader->GetTableProperties()->file_creation_time;
+      if (file_creation_time == 0) {
+        *creation_time = file_creation_time;
+        return;
+      }
+      if (file_creation_time < oldest_time) {
+        oldest_time = file_creation_time;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  *creation_time = oldest_time;
+}
+
 uint64_t VersionStorageInfo::GetEstimatedActiveKeys() const {
   // Estimation will be inaccurate when:
   // (1) there exist merge keys
diff --git a/db/version_set.h b/db/version_set.h
index 24919a6020..6b9d71c374 100644
--- a/db/version_set.h
+++ b/db/version_set.h
@@ -672,6 +672,10 @@ class Version {
 
   uint64_t GetSstFilesSize();
 
+  // Retrieves the file_creation_time of the oldest file in the DB.
+  // Prerequisite for this API is max_open_files = -1
+  void GetCreationTimeOfOldestFile(uint64_t* creation_time);
+
   const MutableCFOptions& GetMutableCFOptions() { return mutable_cf_options_; }
 
  private:
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/db.h b/include/rocksdb/db.h
index b03c12e003..e73ae9c205 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/db.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/db.h
@@ -1140,6 +1140,18 @@ class DB {
   virtual Status GetCurrentWalFile(
       std::unique_ptr<LogFile>* current_log_file) = 0;
 
+  // Retrieves the creation time of the oldest file in the DB.
+  // This API only works if max_open_files = -1, if it is not then
+  // Status returned is Status::NotSupported()
+  // The file creation time is set using the env provided to the DB.
+  // If the DB was created from a very old release then its possible that
+  // the SST files might not have file_creation_time property and even after
+  // moving to a newer release its possible that some files never got compacted
+  // and may not have file_creation_time property. In both the cases
+  // file_creation_time is considered 0 which means this API will return
+  // creation_time = 0 as there wouldn't be a timestamp lower than 0.
+  virtual Status GetCreationTimeOfOldestFile(uint64_t* creation_time) = 0;
+
   // Note: this API is not yet consistent with WritePrepared transactions.
   // Sets iter to an iterator that is positioned at a write-batch containing
   // seq_number. If the sequence number is non existent, it returns an iterator
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/utilities/stackable_db.h b/include/rocksdb/utilities/stackable_db.h
index e6618cf451..c0cb7e3161 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/utilities/stackable_db.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/utilities/stackable_db.h
@@ -383,6 +383,11 @@ class StackableDB : public DB {
     return db_->GetCurrentWalFile(current_log_file);
   }
 
+  virtual Status GetCreationTimeOfOldestFile(
+      uint64_t* creation_time) override {
+    return db_->GetCreationTimeOfOldestFile(creation_time);
+  }
+
   virtual Status DeleteFile(std::string name) override {
     return db_->DeleteFile(name);
   }