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

hugh ronald
hugh ronald
2,875 Points
Posted by hugh ronald
hugh ronald
2,875 Points

Combining two datetimes

The challenge is to create a function that takes two strings(a time and a date), turn them into datetimes and combine them.

When I run my code in a compiler it works correctly. I have tried multiple strptime formats and I cannot get the challenge to complete.

What am I doing wrong?

combo.py 
import datetime
import time

def time_tango(date, time):
    today = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, "%x")
    now = datetime.datetime.strptime(time, "%X").time()
    both = datetime.datetime.combine(today, now)
    return both

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

Since you're using combine, you won't need to use strptime or to create any new variables. The combine function will take the date and time arguments directly.