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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