How to change the file creation timestamp?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:51:34 +1100, Alec Taylor wrote:

> import os
> import time
> from stat import *
> 
> #returns a list of all the files on the current directory files =
> os.listdir('.')
> 
> for f in files:
>   #my folder has some jpegs and raw images if f.lower().endswith('jpg')
>   or f.lower().endswith('crw'):
>     st = os.stat(f)
>     atime = st[ST_ATIME] #access time
>     mtime = st[ST_MTIME] #modification time

The original poster asks for how to change the file creation timestamp. 
(The poster assumes that there is a creation timestamp, which is not 
necessarily the case -- many file systems do not store the creation time.)


>     new_mtime = mtime + (4*3600) #new modification time
> 
>     #modify the file timestamp
>     os.utime(f,(atime,new_mtime))

Note that this is from the posix module, so it probably won't work under 
Windows.


> 
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:47 PM, 刘振海 <1989lzhh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I want to change the file creation timestamp using python, but I can
>> not find a solution to do it.
>> I know the way to change the file creation timestamp in C under
>> Windows, but I want to change it using python.
>> I really need help!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Liu Zhenhai
>>
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>>