Create and Timestamp Zip File from Directory

This function creates a zip file containing all files from a specified directory and allows setting the creation time of the zip file.

Technology Stack : os, json, shutil, zipfile, datetime, stat, sys

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty :

                
                    
def zip_file_directory(directory, filename):
    import os
    import json
    import shutil
    import zipfile
    import datetime
    import stat
    import sys

    def get_files(directory):
        return [os.path.join(dp, f) for dp, dn, filenames in os.walk(directory) for f in filenames]

    def create_zip_file(files, filename):
        with zipfile.ZipFile(filename, 'w') as zipf:
            for file in files:
                zipf.write(file, os.path.basename(file))

    def set_zip_file_time(zip_file, time_str):
        zipf = zipfile.ZipFile(zip_file, 'a')
        for file in zipf.namelist():
            zipf.setmod(file, stat.S_IREAD)
            zipf.utime(file, (datetime.datetime.strptime(time_str, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S').timestamp(), datetime.datetime.strptime(time_str, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S').timestamp()))
        zipf.close()

    files_to_zip = get_files(directory)
    create_zip_file(files_to_zip, filename)
    set_zip_file_time(filename, '2023-04-01 12:00:00')

    return f"Zip file '{filename}' created with files from '{directory}'."