def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """Returns the time stamp for the file as a tuple of values containing
    the local time, or an empty tuple if the file does not have a time stamp."""
    # RISC OS time is given as a five byte block containing the
    # number of centiseconds since 1900 (presumably 1st January 1900).
    # Convert the time to the time elapsed since the Epoch (assuming
    # 1970 for this value).
    date_num = struct.unpack("<Q",
        struct.pack("<IBxxx", self.execution_address, self.load_address & 0xff))[0]
    centiseconds = date_num - between_epochs
    # Convert this to a value in seconds and return a time tuple.
    try:
        return time.localtime(centiseconds / 100.0)
    except ValueError:
        return ()