Python: Get file creation and modification date/times
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Write a Python program that retrieves the date and time of file creation and modification.
Sample Solution:
Python Code :
# Import the 'os.path' and 'time' modules to work with file system paths and timestamps.
import os.path, time
# Print the last modified timestamp of the file "test.txt" in a human-readable format.
print("Last modified: %s" % time.ctime(os.path.getmtime("test.txt")))
# Print the creation timestamp of the file "test.txt" in a human-readable format.
print("Created: %s" % time.ctime(os.path.getctime("test.txt")))
Sample Output:
Last modified: Wed Apr 19 11:36:23 2017 Created: Wed Apr 19 11:36:23 2017
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