Newbie - Correct modified date

[Lozbinator]

Hi,

I'm trying to get my script to correctly print the modified date of a file.

Rather than paste my rubbish code here, can anybody suggest what code to use?

I have managed to get it to print a time as a readable string, but its stuck on Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 1980 or 31/12/1979.

Thanks.

 

[sebsauvage]

Obviously you need the strftime() method of the time module.

http://python.org/doc/current/lib/module-time.html#l2h-1386

You will be able to format date exaclty as you wish.

 

[Lozbinator]

Thank you. I have tried that but the time that is displayed is not the same as the actual date modified on that field.

Any ideas?

 

[sebsauvage]

Did you get the date/time with gmtime() or localtime() ?

Depending on your timezone (GMT+1, +2, etc.) these two methods will not return the same date/time.
(See gmtime() and localtime() in manual.)

 

[Lozbinator]

I got sick of looking for what was wrong so I started the time thing again. Got it right now.

Thanks for the info, it helps.

On my third day of Pythong-ing, everything seems to be getting done that little bit faster.

 

[sebsauvage]

Good
You'll see that with experience and some nice tricks work can be done very quickly.

lists, tuples, dictionnaries and slicing are your friends. Really.

 

[Lozbinator]

Not to mention that assistance from people like yourself helps a lot - thanks