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Python's getctime() method returns the value only in seconds. Is there a more accurate way?

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  • Note: it's not necessarily the creation time: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/237079/how-to-get-file-creation-modification-date-times-in-python – Karoly Horvath Feb 16 '16 at 10:35
  • Thank you for you comment. Yeah, I know the differences on Windows and *nix. :) – gabesz Feb 16 '16 at 10:59

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The time is stored in the underlying filesystem.

Using ext2 as an example the ctime is stored as "32bit value representing the number of seconds since january 1st 1970, of when the inode was created" (http://www.nongnu.org/ext2-doc/ext2.html#I-CTIME)

If it is not storing the exact time to a millisecond so it is not possible to read it

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