retrieve last modified FTP python code example

Example 1: python convert ftp timestamp to datetime

ftp = FTP(host="127.0.0.1", user="u",passwd="p")
ftp.cwd("/data")
file_name = sorted(ftp.nlst(), key=lambda x: ftp.voidcmd(f"MDTM {x}"))[-1]

Example 2: python convert ftp timestamp to datetime

from dateutil import parser

# ...

lines = []
ftp.dir("", lines.append)

latest_time = None
latest_name = None

for line in lines:
    tokens = line.split(maxsplit = 9)
    time_str = tokens[5] + " " + tokens[6] + " " + tokens[7]
    time = parser.parse(time_str)
    if (latest_time is None) or (time > latest_time):
        latest_name = tokens[8]
        latest_time = time

print(latest_name)