Quick script to create a list of directories named after dates

dir_creator.py

def create_directories(basepath, start_date, end_date, date_format='%Y%m%d'):
	""" Creates all subdirectories under the specified path named after the specified dates, one for each date.

	start_date and end_date are both datetime.date objects.
	date_format is a format string for the date which will be used to name the directories.

	Example:
	create_directories('/home/myhome', date(2016, 01, 01), date(2016, 01, 03)) will create directories named 20160101, 20160102 and 20160103 within /home/myhome.
	Directory structure is created recursively if it doesn't exist.
	"""

	import datetime
	import os

	os.makedirs(basepath, exist_ok=True)
	current_date = start_date
	while current_date <= end_date:
		current_date_string = '{0:{1}}'.format(current_date, date_format)
		try:
			os.mkdir('{0}/{1}'.format(basepath, current_date_string))
		except Exception as e:
			print('Directory for date {0} already exists'.format(current_date_string))
		current_date += datetime.timedelta(days=1)