[SOLVED] Add date to python file variable

MrLinuxDonnelly · 11-10-2015, 06:07 AM

So i have my python script doing its thing, however i want to now output its output to a dated file.

Currently i have
timeoutfile = open('/home/rdonnelly/log/connection-timeout.txt', 'w')

however i want it to be in the format of connection-timeout.YYYYMMDD.txt

Any suggestions on the module etc ?

HMW · 11-10-2015, 06:33 AM

You can use time.

There are probably several ways, but here's how I would do it:

Code:

>>> import time
>>> time.strftime("%Y%m%d")
'20151110'

Best regards,
HMW

MrLinuxDonnelly · 11-10-2015, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HMW

You can use time.

There are probably several ways, but here's how I would do it:

Code:

>>> import time
>>> time.strftime("%Y%m%d")
'20151110'

Best regards,
HMW

Hi HMW,
thanks for the reply, how do i get this into my filename though ?
timeoutfile = open('/home/rdonnelly/log/connection-timeout(".txt', 'w')

I know for bash id simply put the varibale like this /home/rdonnelly/log/connection-timeout`date +%Y%m%d`.txt but getting into python has seemed to baffle me

HMW · 11-10-2015, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrLinuxDonnelly

Hi HMW,
thanks for the reply, how do i get this into my filename though ?

Hi!

I would simply build a string, like this:

Code:

>>> CurrDate = time.strftime("Y%m%d")
>>> myPath = "/home/rdonnelly/log/connection-timeout" + CurrDate + ".txt"
>>> myPath
'/home/rdonnelly/log/connection-timeout20151110.txt'

Then you can use it with your open statement like this:

Code:

>>> timeOutFile = open(myPath, 'w')

Best regards,
HMW

MrLinuxDonnelly · 11-10-2015, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HMW

Hi!

I would simply build a string, like this:

Code:

>>> CurrDate = time.strftime("Y%m%d")
>>> myPath = "/home/rdonnelly/log/connection-timeout" + CurrDate + ".txt"
>>> myPath
'/home/rdonnelly/log/connection-timeout20151110.txt'

Then you can use it with your open statement like this:

Code:

>>> timeOutFile = open(myPath, 'w')

Best regards,
HMW

Perfect got it going now.
Much appreciated.

Code below for reference :

import time
CurrDate = time.strftime("%Y%m%d")
timeoutFile = open("/home/rdonnelly/log/connection-timeout." + CurrDate + ".txt", 'w')

HMW · 11-10-2015, 07:23 AM

Glad you got it sorted out. Just out of curiosity, how come you opt for Python 2.x instead of Python 3?

Best regards,
HMW

MrLinuxDonnelly · 11-10-2015, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HMW

Glad you got it sorted out. Just out of curiosity, how come you opt for Python 2.x instead of Python 3?

Best regards,
HMW

this was simply the distro installed on various servers within my environment.

Ill be upgrading at some point in the future.

Thanks again

HMW · 11-10-2015, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrLinuxDonnelly

this was simply the distro installed on various servers within my environment.

Ill be upgrading at some point in the future.

Thanks again

I see. Glad I could help.

Best regards,
HMW