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Python Dates and Times in Python (2014) Let's Build a Timed Quiz App Timestamp Ordering

Posted by Christine Maxwell
Christine Maxwell
Courses Plus Student 5,103 Points

timestamp.py

The task seems simple enough, however my way of solving it is not excepted :(

timestamp.py 
# If you need help, look up datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp()
# Also, remember that you *will not* know how many timestamps
# are coming in.
import datetime

def timestamp_oldest(t_stamps):
  t_list = sorted(t_stamp)
  oldest = t_list[0]
  return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(oldest)
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

t_stamp is not the same as t_stamps.

Also, you need to take an infinite number of timestamps.

1 Answer

William Li
PLUS
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

Hi, Christine, remember that this question is asking that timestamp_oldest that takes ANY number of POSIX timestamp arguments.

Here's one way to do it.

import datetime

def timestamp_oldest(*args):
  # *args will accept any number of argument and store them in args tuple
  return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(min(args))