photo_date2foldername.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import os
import datetime
import time

def get_args():
    import argparse
    p = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Move images to folder with his date')
    p.add_argument('path', help='Path to folder containing JPG files')
    return p.parse_args()

def _get_if_exist(data, key):
    if key in data:
        return data[key]	
    return None    
    
def get_photo_date(filepath):
    file_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(os.path.getmtime(filepath))
    return file_date
    
def move_file_to_folderdate(filepath,file_date):
    foldername=file_date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
    print("Move file {0} to date {1}.".format(filepath, foldername)) 
    directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(filepath))
    directory = os.path.join(directory,foldername)
    new_filename = os.path.join(directory,os.path.basename(filepath))
    print(new_filename)
    if not os.path.exists(directory):
        os.makedirs(directory)
    os.rename(filepath, new_filename)
    
	
if __name__ == '__main__':
    args = get_args()

    if args.path.lower().endswith(".jpg"):
        # single file
        file_list = [args.path]
    else:
        # folder(s)
        file_list = []
        for root, sub_folders, files in os.walk(args.path):
            file_list += [os.path.join(root, filename) for filename in files if filename.lower().endswith(".jpg")]

    print("===\nStarting move of {0} images using {1}.\n===".format(len(file_list), args.path))

    for filepath in file_list:
        file_date=None
        file_date=get_photo_date(filepath)
        move_file_to_folderdate(filepath, file_date)

    print("Done move {0} images.".format(len(file_list)))