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FIX: Use st_birthtime for 'created' field in LocalFileSystem.info() #1883

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FIX: Use st_birthtime for 'created' field in LocalFileSystem.info() #1883

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FIX: Use st_birthtime for 'created' field in LocalFileSystem
Jul 3, 2025
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simplify condition for created_time
clang-viqi Jul 3, 2025
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion fsspec/implementations/local.py
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Expand Up @@ -109,11 +109,19 @@ def info(self, path, **kwargs):
t = "file"
else:
t = "other"

# Check for the 'st_birthtime' attribute, which is not always present.
if hasattr(out, 'st_birthtime'):
created_time = out.st_birthtime
else:
# Fallback to 'st_ctime' for systems without birth time support.
created_time = out.st_ctime

result = {
"name": path,
"size": size,
"type": t,
"created": out.st_ctime,
"created": created_time,
"islink": link,
}
for field in ["mode", "uid", "gid", "mtime", "ino", "nlink"]:
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