How can I convert os.path.getctime()?

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How can I convert os.path.getctime() to the right time?

My source code is:

import os

print("My Path: "+os.getcwd())
print(os.listdir("."))
print("Root/: ",os.listdir("/"))


for items in os.listdir("."):
    if os.path.isdir(items):
        print(items+" "+"Is a Directory")
        print("---Information:")
        print("    *Full Name: ",os.path.dirname(items))
        print("    *Created Time: ",os.path.getctime(items))
        print("    *Modified Time: ",os.path.getmtime(items))
        print("    *Size: ",os.path.getsize(items))
    else:
        print(items+" Is a File")

Output:

---Information:
    *Full Name:  
    *Created Time:  1382189138.4196026
    *Modified Time:  1382378167.9465308
    *Size:  4096

Unclear what you are asking; Can you clarify what you mean by the right time? — UpAndAdam, Oct 21 '13 at 18:21

score 108 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 21 '13 at 18:52

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I assume that by right time you mean converting timestamp to something with more meaning to humans. If that is the case then this should work:

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> datetime.fromtimestamp(1382189138.4196026).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
'2013-10-19 16:25:38'

answered Oct 21 '13 at 18:52

Kristaps Taube

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Depending your use case, you might want to replace complex .strftime(...) by simplier .isoformat() and gain ms information – comte May 20 '22 at 12:36

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 24 '20 at 11:29

I was looking for the same problem, and resolv indirectly it with the help of answers. So a solution :

import os
import time
import datetime

# FILE_IN a file...

file_date = time.ctime(os.path.getmtime(FILE_IN))
file_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(file_date, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")
print("Last modif: %s" % file_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))

With this solution : a date object with the good value, an example of conversion to see it (with the good string format to insert in a mysql database).

Thank you! This was what I was looking for. It can be modified to something like "20221214". — Moses, Dec 14 '22 at 05:12

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 28 '20 at 07:09

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You can also use ctime function from the time module.

import os
import time

c_time = os.path.getctime(r'C:\test.txt')
print(c_time)
print(time.ctime(c_time))

Output:

1598597900.008945
Fri Aug 28 09:58:20 2020

answered Aug 28 '20 at 07:09

filler36

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 20 '15 at 21:54

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From the documentation

The return value is a number giving the number of seconds since the epoch (see the time module)

And in the time module we see localtime()

Use the following functions to convert between time representations:

...

| seconds since the epoch | struct_time in local time | localtime() |

And from there use strftime() to get the format you want

edited Mar 20 '15 at 21:54

CivFan

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answered Oct 21 '13 at 18:53

CDspace

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 31 '15 at 08:11

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>>> from datetime import date
>>> date.fromtimestamp(path.getatime("/Users"))
    datetime.date(2015, 3, 10)

answered Mar 31 '15 at 08:11

Yang Wang

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How can I convert os.path.getctime()?

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