Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

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

Alex Diaz
Alex Diaz
4,930 Points
Posted by Alex Diaz
Alex Diaz
4,930 Points

Weird attribute error

It keeps saying this - module 'datetime' has no attribute 'strptime'

I have no idea what i'm doing wrong, help!

timestrings.py 
## Examples
# to_string(datetime_object) => "24 September 2012"
# from_string("09/24/12 18:30", "%m/%d/%y %H:%M") => datetime
import datetime


def to_string(dat):
    return dat.strftime('%d %B %Y')


def from_string(d, f):
    return datetime.strptime(d, f)

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

I know, I know... It's weird but you have to use datetime.datetime instead of just datetime.

You have to call the function like this:

datetime.datetime.strptime(d, f)

I hope this works :)

Good luck! ~Alex

Alex Diaz
Alex Diaz
4,930 Points
Alex Diaz
Alex Diaz
4,930 Points

Thank you so much!

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

No problem :) I'm happy to help.