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

Andrei Oprescu
Andrei Oprescu
9,547 Points
Posted by Andrei Oprescu
Andrei Oprescu
9,547 Points

can you tell me what i am doing wrong?

I a stuck on a question and I have this code:

import datetime

def far_away(x): datetime.datetime.now() += datetime.timedelta(x) return datetime.datetime.now()

Can you look at the question i have been given and tell me what i did wrong?

Thanks

far_away.py 
import datetime

def far_away(x):
    datetime.datetime.now() += datetime.timedelta(x)
    return datetime.datetime.now()

2 Answers

Jeffrey James
Jeffrey James
2,636 Points
Jeffrey James
Jeffrey James
2,636 Points

keep the now + the time delta in a variable and then return it.

Andrei Oprescu
Andrei Oprescu
9,547 Points
Andrei Oprescu
Andrei Oprescu
9,547 Points

Thanks a lot! your answers helped!