Synchronize the date and time of some recording devices (MRECSET.TXT)

SET-CURRENT-DATETIME.py

from datetime import datetime

MRECSET_TXT = 'MRECSET.TXT'
ENCODING = 'GB18030'

datetime_now = datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M %Y/%m/%d")

updated_lines = []
with open(MRECSET_TXT, 'rb') as file: # encoding='GB18030'
    for line in file:
        if line.startswith(b'TIME:'):
            line = line.replace(line[5:len(datetime_now)+5], datetime_now.encode(ENCODING))
        updated_lines.append(line)

content = b''.join(updated_lines)
with open(MRECSET_TXT, 'wb') as file:
    file.write(content)

print(f"Datetime updated:\n{content.decode(ENCODING)}")