[Gooch, John]
> Thank you for the idea, I could have been more clear that days part of the
> date isn't important. Here is what I came up with:
>
> currentDate = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp( time.time() )
Easier:
today = datetime.date.today()
> archMonth = 0
> archYear = 0
> if ( currentDate.month == 1 ):
> archMonth = 12
> archYear = currentYear - 1
> else:
> archMonth = currentDate.month -1
> archYear = currentDate.year
> archDate = datetime.datetime( archYear, archMonth, 1 )#Year/Month of
> target files
Easier:
lastmonth = today.replace(day=1) - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
IOW, it moves to the first day of the current month, and then
subtracts one day. That moves you to the last day of the preceding
month.
lastmonth.month
is then the month you want, and
lastmonth.year
is the year you want.
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