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

benjamin siverly
benjamin siverly
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Posted by benjamin siverly
benjamin siverly
3,430 Points

Task 1 no longer passing - works in workspaces

This runs on workspaces but says Task 1 no longer passes when using the cade challenge grader. Can someone tell me what is going on?

timestrings.py 
import datetime


time_format = '%m %d %Y, %H:%M'
date = datetime.datetime.now()
the_string = "1 01 2020, 18:30"

def to_string(date):
    the_solution = date.strftime(time_format)
    print(the_solution)


def from_string(the_string, time_format):
    the_problem = datetime.datetime.strptime(the_string, time_format)
    print(the_problem)


to_string(date)
from_string(the_string, time_format)

2 Answers

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

You need to return the values, not print() it. The print works in Workspaces because, well, it'll happily print things out. But by not using return, your functions aren't actually giving back any information.