In this article, we are going to see how to save image files with datetime as a name using PIL Python.
Modules required:
PIL: This library provides extensive file format support, an efficient internal representation, and fairly powerful image processing capabilities.
pip install Pillow
datetime: This module helps us to work with dates and times in Python.
pip install datetime
os: This module provides a portable way of using operating system-dependent functionality. The *os* and *os.path* modules include many functions to interact with the file system.
Stepwise implementation:
Step 1: Open the image using Image module with the provided path.
img = Image.open(path)
Step 2: Get the current DateTime using datetime.now() and format the date and time using strftime().
curr_datetime = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S')
Step 3: Split the path using os.path.splitext(path) into root and extension.
splitted_path = os.path.splitext(picture_path)
Step 4: Add the current datetime in between root and extension and concatenate them.
modified_picture_path = splitted_path[0] + curr_datetime + splitted_path[1]
Step 5: Save the image with the modified path using Image module.
img.save(modified_picture_path)
Below is the full implementation:
Python3
# Import the required modules import os from PIL import Image from datetime import datetime # Main function if __name__ == '__main__': picture_path = "image.jpg" # Open the image using image module from PIL library img = Image.open(picture_path) # Get the current date and # time from system # and use strftime function # to format the date and time. curr_datetime = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S') # Split the picture path # into root and extension splitted_path = os.path.splitext(picture_path) # Add the current date time # between root and extension modified_picture_path = splitted_path[0] + curr_datetime + splitted_path[1] # Save the image with modified_picture_path img.save(modified_picture_path) |
Output:
