filetimes.py

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"""Tools to convert between Python datetime instances and Microsoft times.
"""


# http://support.microsoft.com/kb/167296
# How To Convert a UNIX time_t to a Win32 FILETIME or SYSTEMTIME
EPOCH_AS_FILETIME = 116444736000000000  # January 1, 1970 as MS file time
HUNDREDS_OF_NANOSECONDS = 10000000


def timestamp2filetime(ts):
	"""Converts a datetime to Microsoft filetime format. If the object is
	time zone-naive, it is forced to UTC before conversion.

	>>> import calendar
	>>> "%.0f" % timestamp2filetime(calendar.timegm((2009, 7, 25, 23, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)))
	'128930364000000000'

	>>> "%.0f" % timestamp2filetime(calendar.timegm((1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)))
	'116444736000000000'

	>>> timestamp2filetime(calendar.timegm((2009, 7, 25, 23, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)) + 0.001)
	128930364000010000
	"""
	return int(ts * HUNDREDS_OF_NANOSECONDS) + EPOCH_AS_FILETIME


def filetime2timestamp(ft):
	"""Converts a Microsoft filetime number to a Python datetime. The new
	datetime object is time zone-naive but is equivalent to tzinfo=utc.

	>>> filetime2timestamp(116444736000000000)
	0.0

	>>> filetime2timestamp(128930364000000000)
	1248562800.0
	
	>>> filetime2timestamp(128930364000001000)
	1248562800.0001
	"""
	# Get seconds and remainder in terms of Unix epoch
	return (ft - EPOCH_AS_FILETIME) / float(HUNDREDS_OF_NANOSECONDS)


if __name__ == "__main__":
	import doctest
	
	doctest.testmod()