What does the output of return os.lstat(logFile)[ST_CTIME] mean?

[alberttresens]

Hi,
I am trying to get the creation time of a file to be able to correlate it's
content timestamps with other log files.
In order to get the creation time of the file one a Linux machine i used:

return os.lstat(logFile)[ST_CTIME]

That returns to me something like: 1279620166

I would like to know the meaning of this number. 
Is it in seconds since the epoch?
Or is some other respresentation?

Thanks,
Albert
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