Write a Python program to get a directory listing, sorted by creation date.

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from stat import S_ISREG, ST_CTIME, ST_MODE
import os, sys, time

#Relative or absolute path to the directory
dir_path = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) == 2 else r'.'

#all entries in the directory w/ stats
data = (os.path.join(dir_path, fn) for fn in os.listdir(dir_path))
data = ((os.stat(path), path) for path in data)

# regular files, insert creation date
data = ((stat[ST_CTIME], path)
           for stat, path in data if S_ISREG(stat[ST_MODE]))

for cdate, path in sorted(data):
    print(time.ctime(cdate), os.path.basename(path))