Compress Two Files into ZIP with Timestamp

This function compresses two files into a zip file, including a timestamp in the filename, and returns the name of the generated zip file.

Technology Stack : zipfile, os, shutil, datetime

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Advanced

                
                    
def zip_file(file1, file2):
    import os
    import shutil
    import zipfile
    import datetime

    # 创建一个zip文件
    timestamp = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
    zip_filename = f"{file1}_{file2}_{timestamp}.zip"
    with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_filename, 'w') as zipf:
        # 添加文件1到zip文件
        zipf.write(file1, os.path.basename(file1))
        # 添加文件2到zip文件
        zipf.write(file2, os.path.basename(file2))

    return zip_filename