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On 2012-10-30 00:04, Gary Herron wrote:
> On 10/29/2012 04:13 PM, noydb wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> I need help with a date and time comparison.
>>
>> Say a user enters a date-n-time and a file on disk.  I want to compare the date and time of the file to the entered date-n-time; if the file is newer than the entered date-n-time, add the file to a list to process.
>>
>> How best to do?  I have looked at the datetime module, tried a few things, no luck.
>>
>> Is os.stat a part of it?  Tried, not sure of the output, the st_mtime/st_ctime doesnt jive with the file's correct date and time.  ??
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Use the datetime module (distributed with Python) to compare date/times.
>
> You can turn a filesystem time into a datetime with something like the
> following:
>                   import datetime, os, stat
>                   mtime = os.lstat(filename)[stat.ST_MTIME]   // the
> files modification time
>                   dt = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(mtime)
>
>
Instead of os.lstat(filename)[stat.ST_MTIME] you could use
os.path.getmtime(filename).

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date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 16:13 -0700
  Re: date and time comparison how to Gary Herron <gherron@digipen.edu> - 2012-10-29 17:04 -0700
  Re: date and time comparison how to MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-10-30 00:50 +0000
    Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 18:47 -0700
      Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 19:02 -0700
        Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 19:13 -0700
          Re: date and time comparison how to Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-10-29 23:11 -0400
            Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 21:20 -0700
              Re: date and time comparison how to Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-30 17:12 +1100
              Re: date and time comparison how to Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-10-30 05:35 -0400
            Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 21:20 -0700
          Re: date and time comparison how to MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-10-30 03:30 +0000
        Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 19:13 -0700
      Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 19:02 -0700
    Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 18:47 -0700
  RE: date and time comparison how to "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-10-31 21:04 +0000
  Re: date and time comparison how to Adam  Tauno Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org> - 2012-11-02 07:22 -0400

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