os.path.getmtime() and compare with a date type

[junchi.tang]

Hi,
I am new to python and are tryint to write a simple program delete log
files that are older than 30 days.

So I used os.path.getmtime(filepath) and compare it with a date but it
does not compile.

threshold_time = datetime.date.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=30)
mod_time = os.path.getmtime(file_path)

if( mod_time < threshold_time):
#delete file

However the interpreter complains at the if line, say "can't comapre
datetime.date to int

How can I covert one of them to make it work?

Thank you!

[cokofreedom]

On Sep 20, 5:31 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

Hi,
I am new to python and are tryint to write a simple program delete log
files that are older than 30 days.

So I used os.path.getmtime(filepath) and compare it with a date but it
does not compile.

threshold_time = datetime.date.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=30)
mod_time = os.path.getmtime(file_path)

if( mod_time < threshold_time):
#delete file

However the interpreter complains at the if line, say "can't comapre
datetime.date to int

How can I covert one of them to make it work?

Thank you!

would putting it within int() work? I've not had much experience with
time module, but I guess it must have a similar function...

[Anthony Greene]

ju*********@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,
I am new to python and are tryint to write a simple program delete log
files that are older than 30 days.

So I used os.path.getmtime(filepath) and compare it with a date but it
does not compile.

threshold_time = datetime.date.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=30)
mod_time = os.path.getmtime(file_path)

if( mod_time < threshold_time):
#delete file

However the interpreter complains at the if line, say "can't comapre
datetime.date to int

How can I covert one of them to make it work?

Thank you!

You are looking for datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(mod_time)

[Anthony Greene]

ju*********@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,
I am new to python and are tryint to write a simple program delete log
files that are older than 30 days.

So I used os.path.getmtime(filepath) and compare it with a date but it
does not compile.

threshold_time = datetime.date.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=30)
mod_time = os.path.getmtime(file_path)

if( mod_time < threshold_time):
#delete file

However the interpreter complains at the if line, say "can't comapre
datetime.date to int

How can I covert one of them to make it work?

Thank you!

You are looking for datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(mod_time)