Decided to circle back to this. I ended up getting it figured out (not that I was working on it this whole time lol).
Anyways heres what I did:
//Setting the date
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSString *documentsPath = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) firstObject];
NSString *filePath = [documentsPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"my folder"];
filePath = [filePath stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
NSDate *creationDate = nil;
NSDictionary *attributes = [fileManager attributesOfItemAtPath:filePath error:nil];
creationDate = attributes[NSFileCreationDate];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM-dd-yyyy"];
NSString *dateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:creationDate];
cell.detailTextLabel.text = dateString;
Hope it helps somebody.