Tim H wrote: > On Win XP 64bit, Python 2.6.1 64bit > > I am trying to rename files by their creation time. > > It seems the time module is too smart for its own good here. > > time.localtime(os.path.getctime(f)) returns a value one hour off from > what windows reports for files that were created when Daylight savings > time was in effect (ie when the tm_isdst field is one). I can kludge > it, but am I missing the "right" way to do it? > > Tim > > full code:
<snip full code> >From what I remember, this is a bug in the Win32 API. Python probably could hack around it, but, well, I guess it doesn't. Googling a bit, Perl's Win32::UTCFileTime module [1] provides workarounds (not for Python, of course, but it could probably be ported) and explains all the gory details (which I have not read, so maybe I misunderstand ;-). [1] <http://search.cpan.org/~shay/Win32-UTCFileTime-1.50/lib/Win32/UTCFileTime.pm> <http://xrl.us/beezsv> -- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list