A python script that overwrites file creation time

oldfy.py

#! /usr/bin/python

import os, sys
import platform
import time

 # pip install pypiwin32
import pywintypes, win32file, win32con


def changeFileCreationTime(fname, newtime):
    wintime = pywintypes.Time(newtime)
    winfile = win32file.CreateFile(
        fname, win32con.GENERIC_WRITE,
        win32con.FILE_SHARE_READ | win32con.FILE_SHARE_WRITE | win32con.FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
        None, win32con.OPEN_EXISTING,
        win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, None)

    win32file.SetFileTime(winfile, wintime, None, None)
    winfile.close()

def oldfy(path):

    print(path)

    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path, topdown=False):

        # per file
        for file in files:
            filepath = os.path.join(root, file)
            stat = os.stat(filepath)

            if stat.st_mtime < stat.st_ctime:
                print(time.ctime(stat.st_ctime) + " | " + time.ctime(stat.st_mtime))
                changeFileCreationTime(filepath, stat.st_mtime)

        for dir in dirs:
            dirpath = os.path.join(root, dir)
            oldfy(dirpath)

path = sys.argv[1]
print("Oldfy")
print(platform.system())
print("path: " + path)
print("")

oldfy(path)