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

Posted by Gavin Meisels
Gavin Meisels
1,559 Points

timestrings.py task 2

def to_string(date1):
    return date1.strftime("%d %B %Y")

def to_string(date, forum):
    return date.forum.strptime("%t %d %B %Y, forum")

Whats the problem with my code

1 Answer

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

Well, they're both named to_string. Pretty sure the second should be named from_string.

And, then, in .strptime(), you need to provide two arguments, the date string and the format string. You've only provided 1. And .strptime() belongs to datetime.datetime, not date.forum.