How do I get the modified date/time of a file in Python?

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score 39 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '08 at 13:35

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os.path.getmtime(filepath)

or

os.stat(filepath).st_mtime

answered Sep 23 '08 at 13:35

Thomas Wouters

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@endolith: http://stackoverflow.com/a/237082/125507 says "os.path.getmtime() is made for this, and simpler." – endolith Mar 01 '12 at 15:19

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered May 24 '11 at 12:06

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Formated:

import time
print time.strftime("%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p",time.localtime(os.path.getmtime(fname)))

answered May 24 '11 at 12:06

Dingo

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