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Python Dates and Times in Python (2014) Dates and Times strftime & strptime

Posted by Partson Chizema
Partson Chizema
1,605 Points

Python date format conversion

I'm failing to figure out where i'm getting it wrong on this challenge:

import datetime

Examples

to_string(datetime_object) => "24 September 2012"

from_string("09/24/12 18:30", "%m/%d/%y %H:%M") => datetime

def to_string(datetime): return datetime.datetime.strptime(datetime, '%d %B %Y')

timestrings.py 
import datetime

## Examples
# to_string(datetime_object) => "24 September 2012"
# from_string("09/24/12 18:30", "%m/%d/%y %H:%M") => datetime
def to_string(datetime):
    return datetime.datetime.strptime(datetime, '%d %B %Y')

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

Since you're starting with a datetime object, I think you meant to use strftime instead of strptime.

You would use strptime when you were starting with a string and wanted to create a datetime from it. You'll get a chance to do that in the next task.