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Märta Ruus
3,635 Pointscant find the error in time_machine task
I cant find the error. can someone help me please
import datetime
starter = datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 16, 29)
# Remember, you can't set "years" on a timedelta!
# Consider a year to be 365 days.
## Example
# time_machine(5, "minutes") => datetime(2015, 10, 21, 16, 34)
def time_machine (num, part):
if part == 'years':
num = num * 365
part = 'days'
return starter + datetime.timedelta(days, num)
elif part == 'days':
return starter + datetime.timedelta(days, num)
elif part == 'hours':
return starter + datetime.timedelta(hours, num)
elif part == 'minutes':
return starter + datetime.timedelta(minutes, num)
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,275 PointsYou're close, but for correct syntax you need an equal sign instead of a comma when creating a timedelta:
return starter + datetime.timedelta(days, num) # so instead of this...
return starter + datetime.timedelta(days = num) # use this
Märta Ruus
3,635 PointsThanx