loial wrote: > I have a requirement to test the creation time of a file with the > current time and raise a message if the file is more than 15 minutes > old. >> Platform is Unix. >> I have looked at using os.path.getctime for the file creation time and ctime is not actually the creation time: http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/ctime_atime_mtime.html > time.time() for the current time, but is this the best approach? What kind of improvement do you have in mind?