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

Posted by Chris Ochsenreither
Chris Ochsenreither
4,350 Points

time_tango

I can't figure out why my code isn't accepted because it passes in IDLE.

combo.py 
import datetime

def time_tango(d, t):
    _date = d.strftime('%y-%m-%d')
    _time = d.strftime('%H:%M')
    _datetime = datetime.datetime.strptime(_date + ' ' + _time, '%y-%m-%d %H:%M')
    return _datetime

2 Answers

William Li
PLUS
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

Write a function named time_tango that takes a date and a time. It should combine them into a datetime and return it.

You can make use of the datetime.combine() method from the datetime module to combine date and time objects together.

import datetime

def time_tango(d, t):
  return datetime.datetime.combine(d, t)
Chris Ochsenreither
Chris Ochsenreither
4,350 Points

Thanks, that definitely answers it.

Emmet Lowry
Emmet Lowry
10,196 Points
Emmet Lowry
Emmet Lowry
10,196 Points

Wow its that easy thought it was going to be really hard