shutil_copystat.py

#!/usr/bin/env python


from shutil import *
import os
import time


def show_file_info(filename):
    stat_info = os.stat(filename)
    print '\tMode    :', stat_info.st_mode
    print '\tCreated :', time.ctime(stat_info.st_ctime)
    print '\tAccessed:', time.ctime(stat_info.st_atime)
    print '\tModified:', time.ctime(stat_info.st_mtime)

with open('file_to_change.txt', 'wt') as f:
    f.write('content')
os.chmod('file_to_change.txt', 0444)