Output Filename Template: Request for upload-datetime

[himadri0327]

The current %(upload_date)s gives YYYYMMDD. Could you please consider adding another that includes time like YYYYMMDD-hhmmss ? Maybe a date-time combination option %(upload_datetime)s or a separate %(upload_time)s ?

[keybounce]

Bump.

I was just about to suggest this when I found it as a suggestion. I too would like an "HHMMSS" field that could be added to the existing YYYYMMDD fields.

[l0b0]

Looks like because the way youtube-dl is architected (each site having custom code to extract the date string, and then unifying the formatting but returning the result as a string rather than a datetime) this might involve a lot of change (but none of it very complex AFAICT):

1. Instead of using unified_strdate return a datetime object in _real_extract and equivalent.
2. Detect when info_dict contains a datetime and format it when necessary. That way even the datetime formatting could be a configuration directive or parameter.

Does this seem sane?

[djmixman]

Almost 5 years now... Still can't include an HHMM in the filename :'(

[tecxy]

I would be happy to get the format "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS " in the filename too.

[shillshocked]

Upvoted!