# Python program to explain os.path.getctime() method 
    
# importing os and time module 
import os
import time
  
# Path
path = '/home/User/Documents/file.txt'
  
# Get the ctime of last
# for the specified path
c_time = os.path.getctime(path)
print("ctime since the epoch:", c_time)
  
# convert the ctime in
# seconds since epoch
# to local time
local_time = time.ctime(c_time)
print("ctime (Local time):", local_time)

ctime since the epoch: 1558447897.3122742
ctime (Local time): Tue May 21 19:41:37 2019

# Python program to explain os.path.getctime() method 
    
# importing os, time and sys module 
import os
import sys
import time
  
# Path
path = '/home/User/Documents/file2.txt'
  
# Get the ctime 
# for the specified path
try:
    c_time = os.path.getctime(path)
    print("ctime since the epoch:", c_time)
  
except OSError:
    print("Path '%s' does not exists or is inaccessible" %path)
    sys.exit()
  
# convert ctime in
# seconds since epoch
# to local time
local_time = time.ctime(c_time)
print("ctime(Local time):", local_time)
  
  
# above code will print
# path does not exists or is inaccessible'
# if the specified path does not
# exists or is inaccessible
  

Path '/home/User/Documents/file2.txt' does not exists or is inaccessible