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igor corrales
2,474 PointsProblem with timedelta, can anyone help me please ?
Probably I don't understand the exactly meaning of the exercixe ....because I get an object but I get an error.
import datetime
def far_away(number):
a = datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(days=number)
return a
2 Answers
David Smith
10,577 PointsYou were almost there,
The quiz asked that the function take a time delta as an argument, not an int. All you have to do is;
import datetime
def far_away(number):
a = datetime.datetime.now() + number
return a
To help you understand I've modified some of the names
import datetime
# define the function and allow it to accept an argument. An argument is a variable that is used within a function.
def far_away(time_delta_argument):
# here we're setting a variable to the current time plus a timedelta
# a time delta is "datetime.timedelta(hours=7)"
datetime_datetime_now_plus_timedelta_argument = datetime.datetime.now() + time_delta_argument
# here we return the variable we set before
return datetime_datetime_now_plus_timedelta_argument
# this is not part of the challenge but I included it to help demonstrate how this function would be used
print(far_away(datetime.timedelta(hours=7)))
igor corrales
2,474 PointsThanks a lot for the explanation !!!
David Smith
10,577 PointsYou're welcome Igor, we've all been there :)