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

Ellie Henry
Ellie Henry
1,521 Points
Posted by Ellie Henry
Ellie Henry
1,521 Points

Why does this work in IDLE, but not on here?

I am working on the time_tango question in the Dates and Times module. I always write my code out in IDLE first and test it there, then paste it over into the code section here. My code runs fine in IDLE, but it fails here, and doesn't give me a reason, just "Bummer! Try again.". Here is my code for it.

import datetime def time_tango(date, time): new_date = date + " " + time my_datetime = datetime.datetime.strptime(new_date, "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S") return(my_datetime)

combo.py 
import datetime
def time_tango(date, time):
    new_date = date + " " + time
    my_datetime = datetime.datetime.strptime(new_date, "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")
    return(my_datetime)

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

In the challenge, the date and time are datetime objects, not strings. So trying when the code concatenates them, it is converting them to a string, then using strptime the code generates a new datetime object. This can be all done with the datetime.combine method:

# Task 1 of 1
# Write a function named 'time_tango' that takes a 'date' and a 'time'.
# It should combine them into a datetime and return it.
import datetime

def time_tango(date, time):
    return datetime.datetime.combine(date, time)