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Getting Windows Last Boot Time in Python
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#!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
import datetime | |
import os | |
# import wmi | |
# https://github.com/tjguk/wmi | |
# https://github.com/tcely/wmi | |
class LastBoot: | |
_wmi_module = False | |
def _make_datetime_windows(self): | |
assert self._wmi_module, 'Install wmi using pip' | |
self.utc_offset = None | |
tzinfo = datetime.timezone.utc | |
c = wmi.WMI(find_classes=False) | |
for obj in c.Win32_OperatingSystem(): | |
last_boot = obj.LastBootUpTime | |
tt = wmi.to_time(last_boot) | |
utc_offset_str = last_boot[21:] | |
try: | |
utc_offset = int(utc_offset_str, 10) | |
except (TypeError, ValueError): | |
pass | |
else: | |
self.utc_offset = datetime.timedelta(minutes=utc_offset) | |
tzinfo = datetime.timezone(self.utc_offset) | |
return datetime.datetime(*tt[0:6], tzinfo=tzinfo) | |
def _make_datetime(self): | |
if 'nt' == os.name: | |
return self._make_datetime_windows() | |
return datetime.datetime.now() | |
@property | |
def datetime(self): | |
self._datetime = self._make_datetime() | |
return self._datetime | |
try: | |
import wmi | |
except ModuleNotFoundError: | |
pass | |
else: | |
LastBoot._wmi_module = True | |
if '__main__' == __name__: | |
last_boot_dt = LastBoot().datetime | |
print( last_boot_dt.isoformat(timespec='seconds') ) | |
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class DummyObj(): | |
pass | |
class DummyC(): | |
def Win32_OperatingSystem(self): | |
obj = DummyObj() | |
obj.LastBootUpTime = '20250102123456.987654-120' | |
return list((obj,)) | |
class DummyWMI(): | |
def WMI(self, *args, **kwargs): | |
return DummyC() | |
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