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from os import path,            \
               stat
from platform import system

def get_creation_date(file_path: str):
    if system() == "Windows":
        return path.getctime(file_path)
    else:
        st = stat(file_path)
        try:
            return st.st_birthtime
        except AttributeError:
            # We're probably on Linux. No easy way to get creation dates here,
            # so we'll settle for when its content was last modified.
            return st.st_mtime
