To get the modified time of a file using Python:
import os.path import time # Specify the full file path file_path = r"Path where the file is stored\file_name.file_extension" # Get the modified time of the file modified_time = os.path.getmtime(file_path) # Convert the modified time to a readable format formatted_time = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", time.localtime(modified_time)) print(formatted_time)
Example
Imagine that a text file called ‘New_Products‘ is stored under the following path:
C:\Users\Ron\Desktop\Test\New_Products.txt
Where the modified time of that file is:
New_Products 2024-04-26 19:26:41
To retrieve that time using Python:
import os.path
import time
# Specify the full file path
file_path = r"C:\Users\Ron\Desktop\Test\New_Products.txt"
# Get the modified time of the file
modified_time = os.path.getmtime(file_path)
# Convert the modified time to a readable format
formatted_time = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", time.localtime(modified_time))
print(formatted_time)
The result:
2024-04-26 19:26:41