neattime 0.0.4

A single function to get a nice date-time format

neattime

This package includes a simple function to create my preferred date-time format for log files.

The date and time are given in the format yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss_SSSS

I like this format because it's easy to sort, doesn't interfere with file reading/writing by having unusual characters, is easy to understand, and includes milliseconds to prevent concurrent processes from overwriting each other's log files.

Installation

pip install neattime

Usage

Example:

from neattime import neattime

print(neattime())

output:

'2025-02-26_08-34-13_636609'

How I would actually use it:

from neattime import neattime

filepath = f'save_directory/log_{neattime()}'

# some code that saves my logfile

print(f"File saved to {filepath}")

output:

File saved to save_directory/log_2025-02-26_08-34-13_636609