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Finlay Schlieper
6,935 PointsHarder time_machine
Why won't either of these work. Please explain. Thank you.
import datetime
starter = datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 16, 29)
# Remember, you can't set "years" on a timedelta!
# Consider a year to be 365 days.
## Example
# time_machine(5, "minutes") => datetime(2015, 10, 21, 16, 34)
import datetime
starter = datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 16, 29)
# Remember, you can't set "years" on a timedelta!
# Consider a year to be 365 days.
## Example
# time_machine(5, "minutes") => datetime(2015, 10, 21, 16, 34)
def time_machine(n, string):
if string == 'minutes': return starter + datetime.timedelta(minutes = n)
if string == 'hours': return starter + datetime.timedelta(minutes = n)
if string == 'days': return starter + datetime.timedelta(minutes = n)
if string == 'years': return starter + datetime.timedelta(days = n*365)
def time_machine(n, string):
if string == 'years':
n = n*365
else:
continue
return starter + datetime.timedelta(string = n)
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 PointsYour code is very close. It appears you have a copy and paste issue:
import datetime
starter = datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 16, 29)
def time_machine(n, string):
if string == 'minutes': return starter + datetime.timedelta(minutes = n)
if string == 'hours': return starter + datetime.timedelta(minutes = n) # <-- changed to 'hours'
if string == 'days': return starter + datetime.timedelta(minutes = n) # <-- changed to 'days'
if string == 'years': return starter + datetime.timedelta(days = n*365)
return starter + datetime.timedelta(string = n)