A Python function using Pathlib that checks for all files in a given directory and if the creation day of a file is greater than a specified number of days into the past and deletes the file if it has expired.

delete_expired_files.py

from datetime import datetime
from pathlib import Path


def remove_expired_files(file_path, expiry_days=60, use_UTC=False):
    """  Checks if the creation day of a file is greater than the file_expiry_days and deletes it if it is.
    :param file_path: Pathlib.Path: The path to a file
    :param expiry_days: int: Age in days after which the file should be deleted
    :param use_UTC: bool: Flag to determine if now should be in UTC time, defaults to False.
    :return: None
    """

    # set the current datetime based on use_UTC flag
    if not use_UTC:
        now = datetime.now()
    else:
        now = datetime.utcnow()

    # determine file age in days
    age = (now - datetime.fromtimestamp(file_path.stat().st_ctime)).days

    # delete the file if it is aged past expiry
    file_path.unlink() if age > expiry_days else None

    return None


# generate the filepath to logs folder using the current working directory
logs_path = Path.cwd() / 'logs'

# remove expired files in logs folder using a comprehension
[remove_expired_files(file) for file in logs_path.glob('*.log')]