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Python Dates and Times in Python (2014) Dates and Times Far Away

Prabhath Pillai
Prabhath Pillai
2,740 Points

Adding a timedelta - not sure what the issue is.

Hi all,

I've run this script in Powershell, and it seems happy with it! Please help me understand the mistake I have made.

Kind regards,

Prabhath

far_away.py
import datetime

def far_away(timedelt):
    change = datetime.timedelta(hours = timedelt)
    return change + datetime.datetime.now()

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

I think you've misread the challenge and are making it harder than necessary.

Task 1 of 1

Write a function called far_away that takes a timedelta. Add that timedelta to datetime.datetime.now() and return the resulting datetime object.

So, you don't need to create a new timedelta object since it is passed as an argument:

import datetime

def far_away(timedelt):
    return timedelt + datetime.datetime.now()
``
Prabhath Pillai
Prabhath Pillai
2,740 Points

that's the one! cheers Chris :)

Prabhath Pillai
Prabhath Pillai
2,740 Points

that's the one! cheers Chris :)

Prabhath Pillai
Prabhath Pillai
2,740 Points

that's the one! cheers Chris :)