Date of the folder in Python

Question

I am developing code in python that should compare the date of the files in the folder to the current date. But I Can't get dates of the files can you help me ?

The date they were created? The date they were last edited? What have you been trying? — TayTay, Dec 03 '20 at 18:47
`But I Can't get dates of the files` why not? What issues did you run into? — Random Davis, Dec 03 '20 at 18:49

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 03 '20 at 18:55

You could iterate through the files with something like this:

import os.path, time
print("Created: %s" % time.ctime(os.path.getctime("filename.txt")))

to get the dates of the files.

to get the current date you could use

from datetime import datetime
now = datetime.now()
current_time = now.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
print("Current Time =", current_time)

and then compare them in the format you want

Date of the folder in Python

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