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Python Dates and Times in Python (2014) Dates and Times strftime & strptime

SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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Posted by SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
Courses Plus Student 2,434 Points

Date & Time

Create a new function named from_string that takes two arguments: a date as a string and an strftime-compatible format string, and returns a datetime created from them.

def from_string(date1, date2):  
  x1 = datetime.datetime.strptime(date1, "%m/%d/%y")
  x2 = datetime.datetime.strptime(date2, "%H:%M")  
  return datetime.datetime.combine(x1, x2)

can anyone confirm me my understanding on challenge ?. there is some mistake.

2 Answers

Ryan Merritt
Ryan Merritt
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Ryan Merritt
Ryan Merritt
5,789 Points

The two arguments being passed into from_string() are not two datetime objects as your argument names (date1 and date2) suggest. Instead the arguments are a date represented as a string, and a format for how that string should be parse. datetime.datetime.strptime() is a great way to turn a string into a datetime object. It takes a date as a string and a format as its two arguments, which is exactly what you have. Good luck!