qudi.util.paths.get_daily_directory

qudi.util.paths.get_daily_directory(timestamp: datetime | None = None, root: str | None = None, create_missing: bool | None = False) → str[source]

Returns a path tree according to the timestamp given.

The directory structure will have the form: root/<YYYY>/<MM>/<YYYY-MM-DD> If no root directory is given, this method will return just the relative path stub: <YYYY>/<MM>/<YYYY-MM-DD>

Parameters:

timestampdatetime.datetime, optional: Timestamp for which to create the daily directory. Defaults to current timestamp if not provided.
rootstr, optional: Root path for the daily directory structure. If not provided, only the relative path stub is returned.
create_missingbool, optional: Indicates if the directory should be created (True) or not (False). Only considered if root is given.

Returns:

str: Path representing the directory structure based on the timestamp.