Simple, convenient and cross-platform file date changing library. π
Forked from kubinka0505/filedate
See also jelmerwouters / filedate -> FileDate.set() (not tested here, commented)
gitor get source files
git clone git://github.com/andrzejQ/filedate
cd filedate
python -m pip install -e ./Files-e installs the package in editable mode. Any changes you make to the code in local folder will immediately apply across the system.
Source can be also used without installation.
- see doctest examples
from filedate import FileDate
# Create filedate object
file_date = FileDate('__init__.py')
# Get file date
file_date.get()
# {'created': datetime.datetime(20..,... 'modified': ... 'accessed': ...}
print(file_date) # .get(); __str__()
# {'created': '20..
# Set file/folder date
file_date.set(
created = "01.02.2000 12:00",
modified = "2001/03/04",
accessed = "2001-05-06")
# {'created': '2000-02-01 12:00:00', 'modified': '2001-03-04 00:00:00', 'accessed': '2001-05-06 00:00:00'}
file_date.set(
created = "01.02.2000 12:00",
modified = "3:40PM 2001/03/04",
accessed = "5rd March 2002 20:21:22"
)
# {'created': '2000-02-11 12:00:00', 'modified': '2001-04-03 15:40:00', 'accessed': '2002-03-05 20:21:22'}- for [c]reated, [m]odified, [a]ccessed date
from filedate.utils import CopyFileDate
CopyFileDate("../__init__.py", "rec_20210911 134705.abc.txt").set_date('cma')from pathlib import Path
from filedate.utils import KeepFileDate
# Get all files in subdirectories (recursive!)
Files = []
for File in Path(".").glob("**/*"):
Files.append(File)
#---#
# Initialize `Keep` object
Dates = KeepFileDate(Files)
# Pick dates
Dates.pick()
# ... Do your stuff ...
#
# from os import system
# for File in Files:
# system(f'optimize -i "{File}"')
# Drop dates
Dates.drop()- Once we have the backup, we can restore files/folders dates using
"copyAllDatesFromDir_recursive.py" (see examples, see also "TCommanderMenu_2023-04.txt")
- for [c]reated, [m]odified, [a]ccessed date
from filedate.utils import FromFileName
FromFileName("rec_2020-09-11 13.47.05.abc.txt").set_date('cma')see also examples in _yyyy_() and _dd_MM_yyyy_()
- for [c]reated, [m]odified
from filedate.utils import FromMetadata
FromMetadata(file_path).set_date('cm')) # or 'm'- Files\examples\ setDatesFromNames_recursive.py
-> Get all files/folders in subdirectories (recursive) and set their dates based on file name. - Files\examples\ setFolderDates_recursive.py
-> Set date of folder (recursive) based on dates of files/folders below it - iterative from child directories first. - copyAllDatesFromDir_recursive.py
- setDateFromName.py
- copyFileDate.py
- setDateFromMetadata.py (
pip install PyPDF2 hachoirrequired) - setDatesFromMetadata_recursive.py