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

Posted by beven nyamande
beven nyamande
9,575 Points

datetime

anyone to point where am getting it wrong

time_machine.py 
import datetime

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

def delorean(integer):
  #starter.hour must be the difference of the first starter.hour and integer
  #there is no negative time there for integer must be greater than starter.hour and less than or ==23
  if integer > starter.hour:
    return starter.replace(hour = integer - starter.hour)
  elif integer < starter.hour:
    return starter.replace(hour = starter.hour - integer)
  else:
    return starter

1 Answer

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

So what if your starter hour is 22 (10 pm), and integer comes in as 5. Your code turns the hour into 27, which...well, doesn't exist. Since you're wanting to move backwards and forwards through time, you need to use timedelta() and not just replace hours or other units.