file: add doc on how to convert epoch seconds to datetime #53357
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| access_time: '{{ "%Y%m%d%H%M.%S" | strftime(stat_var.stat.atime) }}' |
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I don't think your strftime template is correct
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Hmm it worked for me, what part do you think isn't correct?
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i always used '%s' .. won't the above print yearmonthdayhourminute. seconds?
also i think we did strftime wrong, i would expect dateortime|strftime('format')
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@jborean93 i think you are doing the opposite transformation, you are turning 'seconds/epoch' into a date string
nvmd, its opposite of what user wanted to implement, but how we can get 'epoch' to work with current module ... took me a bit to square the circle .. moving on ... nothing to see...
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In this way it is not possible to set the time with greater accuracy than a second. The strftime filter returns values with an accuracy of one second. The os.utime function is able to set the time with an accuracy of microseconds. My previous patch allowed just such modifications. |
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Add an example of how to convert a stat time output, or seconds since epoch to the datetime format expected by the file module.
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