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In this example, you will learn to get file creation and modification date.
To understand this example, you should have the knowledge of the following Python programming topics:
1. Example 1: Using os module
import os.path, time
file = pathlib.Path('abc.py')
print("Last modification time: %s" % time.ctime(os.path.getmtime(file)))
print("Last metadata change time or path creation time: %s" % time.ctime(os.path.getctime(file)))
Output
Last modification time: Mon Apr 12 10:43:24 2020 Last metadata change time or path creation time: Mon Apr 12 10:43:24 2020
getmtime() gives the last modification time whereas getctime() gives the last metadata change time in Linux/Unix and path creation time in Windows.
2. Example 2: Using stat() method
import datetime
import pathlib
fname = pathlib.Path('abc.py')
print("Last modification time: %s" % datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(fname.stat().st_mtime))
print("Last metadata change time or path creation time: %s" % datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(fname.stat().st_ctime))
Output
Last modification time: 2021-04-12 10:43:24.234189 Last metadata change time or path creation time: 2021-04-12 10:43:24.234189
Similar to Example 1, st_mtime refers to the time of last modification; whereas, st_ctime refers to the time of the last metadata change on Linux/Unix and creation time on Windows.
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