ItFuncs.py

import os
import datetime

def construct_file():
    dt = datetime.datetime.now()
    # https://tecadmin.net/get-current-date-time-python/
    # https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html
    # print(dt)
    # print ("Current Year is: %d" % dt.year)
    # print ("Current Month is: %d" % dt.month)
    # print ("Current Day is: %d" % dt.day)
    # print ("Current Hour is: %d" % dt.hour)
    # print ("Current Minute is: %d" % dt.minute)
    # print ("Current Second is: %d" % dt.second)

    camtime = str(dt.year) + "_"\
        +str(dt.month) + "_"\
        +str(dt.day) + "_"\
        +str(dt.hour) + "_"\
        +str(dt.minute) + "_"\
        +str(dt.second)

    fileloc = os.getcwd()
    camfile = os.path.join(fileloc,camtime)
    return camfile


    # function to get the initial image to compare for motion detection
def get_base_image(camera):
    retimage, im = camera.read()
    return im