def _get_creation_time(m):
 try:
  return m.creation_time
 except AttributeError:
  try:
   return m.datetime
  except AttributeError:
   return datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)

def _get_creation_time ( m ) : try : return m . creation_time except AttributeError : try : return m . datetime except AttributeError : return datetime . datetime ( 1970 , 1 , 1 , 0 , 0 , 0 )
compatibility shim .