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Python Dates and Times in Python (2014) Let's Build a Timed Quiz App Simple Time Machine

Trevor Wood
Trevor Wood
17,828 Points
Posted by Trevor Wood
Trevor Wood
17,828 Points

Confused on what the challenge wants me to do

It says to return a date time many hours ahead from the starter, so I changed the datetime but no luck. Also, what am I supposed to do with the int I'm recieving?

time_machine.py 
import datetime

starter = datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 16, 29)

def delorean(arg1):
  return datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 23, 29)

1 Answer

Anjali Pasupathy
Anjali Pasupathy
28,883 Points
Anjali Pasupathy
Anjali Pasupathy
28,883 Points

The challenge wants you to return starter with datetime.timedelta(hours = arg1) added to it.

return starter + datetime.timedelta(hours = arg1)

I hope this helps!

Trevor Wood
Trevor Wood
17,828 Points
Trevor Wood
Trevor Wood
17,828 Points

Ah okay I see, thank you!