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# Commit [¶](https://pygithub.readthedocs.io/en/stable/examples/Commit.html\#commit "Permalink to this headline")
## Create commit status check [¶](https://pygithub.readthedocs.io/en/stable/examples/Commit.html\#create-commit-status-check "Permalink to this headline")
```
# sha -> commit on which the status check will be created
# For example, for a webhook payload
# sha = data["pull_request"]["head"]["sha"]
repo.get_commit(sha=sha).create_status(
state="pending",
target_url="https://FooCI.com",
description="FooCI is building",
context="ci/FooCI"
)
```
## Get commit date [¶](https://pygithub.readthedocs.io/en/stable/examples/Commit.html\#get-commit-date "Permalink to this headline")
```
>>> commit = repo.get_commit(sha=sha)
>>> print(commit.commit.author.date)
2018-10-11 03:04:52
>>> print(commit.commit.committer.date)
2018-10-11 03:04:52
```