如何使用 xlrd 获取 .xls 文件的修改日期

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Let me try to improve this question, as it is still valid for me.

I have been using Openpyxl to read Excel files for a while. Now I need to extend the capability of my script to handle "legacy" Excel files that are not supported by Openpyxl. For this I use xlrd and xlutils.

On issue I have yet to solve is how to get the modified date of an .xls file in the case where I don't have the path. Using Openpyxl, I can get this as Workbook.properties.modified, as a datetime object. With xlrd I am struggling. A workaround would be to figure out the path to the file (which may be input to my function as a file like object) and to use os.path.getmtime , but I am not sure if that is equivalent.

Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

I just came across your post while searching for a solution myself. Seems like

wb = xlrd.open_workbook(filename=fn)
wb.props.get('modified')

does the job.

xlrd==1.2.0