os.stat can be used to return the stats of a file.

#!/usr/bin/python3
import os
print(os.stat("/path/to/example.txt"))

Something like this should be returned.

os.stat_result(st_mode=33188, st_ino=27901707, st_dev=64773, st_nlink=1, st_uid=65234, st_gid=100, st_size=0, st_atime=1701837284, st_mtime=1701837284, st_ctime=1701837284)

• st_mode = file permissions
• st_ino = file inode number
• st_dev = device identifier
• st_nlink = number of hard links
• st_uid = user owner
• st_gid = group owner
• st_size = file size
• st_atime = access time
• st_mtime = modified time
• st_ctime = create time

And here is how you can access a certain value in stat_result, such as st_ctime.

#!/usr/bin/python3
import os
stat = os.stat("/path/to/example.txt")
print(stat.st_ctime)

Or like this.

#!/usr/bin/python3
import os
print(f"{os.stat("/path/to/example.txt").st_ctime}")