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Gordon Reeder
2,521 PointsDates, times, timezones in Python. I'm stuck!
I am totally stuck on this code challenge. I am totally confused.
Create a function named to_timezone that takes a timezone name as a string. Convert starter to that timezone using pytz's timezones and return the new datetime.
import datetime
import pytz
def to_timezone(tz_str):
return pytz.timezone(tz_str).localize(starter)
starter = pytz.utc.localize(datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 23, 29))
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsCan you post how you solved your error?
2 Answers
manu4000liege
3,055 PointsIt seemed to me that something was missing in the question of this challenge ... That function takes a string and returns the equivalent timezone : ok We then should use this timezone to apply it to starter. But with which text ? Which timezone ? No one was the answer.
import datetime
import pytz
starter = pytz.utc.localize(datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 23, 29))
def to_timezone(stringTZ):
return starter.astimezone(pytz.timezone(stringTZ))
Annie Scott
27,613 Pointsimport datetime
import pytz
starter = pytz.utc.localize(datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 23, 29))
def to_timezone(stringTZ): return starter.astimezone(pytz.timezone(stringTZ))
Finally got answer after hours, the videos just do not help you the answer, what a waste of hours
Annie Scott
27,613 PointsI finally figured it out after 4 hours , videos just not helping with the challenges, I guess just on my own,
import datetime
import pytz
starter = pytz.utc.localize(datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 23, 29))
def to_timezone(stringTZ): return starter.astimezone(pytz.timezone(stringTZ))
Gordon Reeder
2,521 PointsGordon Reeder
2,521 PointsWhew! Got it! I have no idea why that was so hard. PArt of the problem was that I needed to leave starter above the function definition.