Apply suggestion from @varnav

google_photos_takeout_helper/__main__.py

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ def main():
     import piexif as _piexif
     from fractions import Fraction  # piexif requires some values to be stored as rationals
     import math
+    if _os.name == 'nt':
+        import win32_setctime as _windoza_setctime
 
     parser = _argparse.ArgumentParser(
         prog='Photos takeout helper',
@@ -343,12 +345,17 @@ def set_creation_date_from_str(file: Path, str_datetime):
             # God wish that americans won't have something like MM-DD-YYYY
             # The replace ': ' to ':0' fixes issues when it reads the string as 2006:11:09 10:54: 1.
             # It replaces the extra whitespace with a 0 for proper parsing
-            str_datetime = str_datetime.replace('-', ':').replace('/', ':').replace('.', ':').replace('\\', ':').replace(': ', ':0')[:19]
+            str_datetime = str_datetime.replace('-', ':').replace('/', ':').replace('.', ':').replace('\\',
+                                                                                                      ':').replace(': ',
+                                                                                                                   ':0')[
+                           :19]
             timestamp = _datetime.strptime(
                 str_datetime,
                 '%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S'
             ).timestamp()
             _os.utime(file, (timestamp, timestamp))
+            if _os.name == 'nt':
+                _windoza_setctime.setctime()
         except Exception as e:
             print('Error setting creation date from string:')
             print(e)

requirements.txt

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 piexif==1.1.3
+win32-setctime==1.0.3