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Python Dates and Times in Python (2014) Dates and Times Time Deltas

Y B
Y B
14,136 Points
Posted by Y B
Y B
14,136 Points

Can't get this question in time delta quiz

This works in the interpreter but not in the time delta quiz when asked to create a time delta for 5 minutes I used:

datetime.timedelta(minutes=5)

(ie filling in minutes and 5 for the quiz)

but unfortunately that fails?

6 Answers

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

The question is to go back 5 minutes. So you want -5 not 5.

Abhishek Gangadhar
Abhishek Gangadhar
9,467 Points
Abhishek Gangadhar
Abhishek Gangadhar
9,467 Points

Isn't a timedelta only associated with (days, seconds, microseconds) I thought you couldnt use minutes in the case of timedeltas

Y B
Y B
14,136 Points
Y B
Y B
14,136 Points

Ah... I had to laugh when I read your answer - silly me I didn't see the go back bit.

Thanks.

ericb2
ericb2
11,429 Points
ericb2
ericb2
11,429 Points

2 issues with this quiz question. 1) "Create a timedelta that goes back 5 minutes." does not specify whether the timedelta will be added or subtracted.
2) datetime.timedelta(seconds = -5*60) fails the quiz but works in python.

Wayne Machuca
Wayne Machuca
1,804 Points
Wayne Machuca
Wayne Machuca
1,804 Points

I'm running Python 3.4 along with the workspace.

Interesting, When I dir(datetime.datetime), 'minute' shows up as a parameter but fails in test. So I tried 'seconds=-300' which works in Python but fails on the quiz (see YB's post)

But, I changed it to 'minutes=-5' and that worked for both Python and the quiz.

Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

datetime.datetime and datetime.timedelta are not the same thing.

Stephen Hutchinson
Stephen Hutchinson
8,426 Points
Stephen Hutchinson
Stephen Hutchinson
8,426 Points

Found a problem in the tests:

datetime.timedelta(seconds=-300)

The above fails

Mohammed Ismail
Mohammed Ismail
7,190 Points
Mohammed Ismail
Mohammed Ismail
7,190 Points

datetime.timedelta(minutes=-5) should work fine.