Getting Correct Creation Time

[JohnVogel]

When you put it on windows, you "created" the file for the first time. And explorer should show that. Does it really show an earlier time in the Created column?

yeah, in windows explorer it shows the date as being in 2012 (which is when the picture was taken. But when I use os.path.getctime() it shows the date I copied the file over. Which was a few days ago.

Main thing for me, does the os.path.getctime() value agree with dir /t:c?

I'm gonna try dir /t:c. I'll also try your other suggestion. Be back with the result....