Create and Return Zip File with Creation Time

This function compresses all files and folders in a specified directory into a single zip file and returns the path to the zip file and the creation time.

Technology Stack : os, zipfile, datetime

Code Type : File compression

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zip_file(directory, file_name):
    import os
    import zipfile
    from datetime import datetime

    # 创建一个zip文件
    zip_file_path = os.path.join(directory, file_name + ".zip")
    with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_file_path, 'w') as zipf:
        # 遍历指定目录下的所有文件和文件夹
        for foldername, subfolders, filenames in os.walk(directory):
            for filename in filenames:
                # 将文件添加到zip文件中
                file_path = os.path.join(foldername, filename)
                zipf.write(file_path, os.path.relpath(file_path, directory))

    # 获取zip文件的创建时间
    creation_time = datetime.fromtimestamp(os.path.getctime(zip_file_path)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

    return zip_file_path, creation_time