Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!newsfeed101.telia.com!starscream.dk.telia.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'python)': 0.05; 'filesystem': 0.09; 'mtime': 0.09; 'output,': 0.09; 'looked': 0.10; 'modification': 0.15; 'appreciated!': 0.16; 'comparison.': 0.16; 'disk.': 0.16; 'doesnt': 0.16; "file's": 0.16; 'from:addr:mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'from:addr:python': 0.16; 'from:name:mrab': 0.16; 'message-id:@mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'module,': 0.17; 'module': 0.19; 'all,': 0.21; 'import': 0.21; 'os,': 0.22; 'tried': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'newer': 0.27; 'correct': 0.28; 'gary': 0.29; 'received:192.168.1.3': 0.29; 'things,': 0.29; 'file': 0.32; 'could': 0.32; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.33; 'entered': 0.34; 'list': 0.35; 'pm,': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'add': 0.36; 'compare': 0.36; 'turn': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; 'skip:o 20': 0.38; 'sure': 0.38; 'instead': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:192': 0.39; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'help': 0.40; 'header:Reply-To:1': 0.68; 'reply-to:no real name:2**0': 0.72; 'reply- to:addr:python.org': 0.84 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=MJviabll c=1 sm=1 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:17 a=b2nRVtXOy8EA:10 a=47j2fiFj9IAA:10 a=ihvODaAuJD4A:10 a=OUOv7kDek9cA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=EBOSESyhAAAA:8 a=8AHkEIZyAAAA:8 a=ukLjh4p7cegA:10 a=xeM-YSbe-QNG9N15NwkA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:117 X-AUTH: mrabarnett:2500 Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:50:48 +0000 From: MRAB User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121010 Thunderbird/16.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: date and time comparison how to References: <50e576ea-2ebe-4340-954e-6c23b5885680@googlegroups.com> <508F1973.2030907@digipen.edu> In-Reply-To: <508F1973.2030907@digipen.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: python-list@python.org List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1351558251 news.xs4all.nl 6848 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:34857 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:32449 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).