function named time_machine

Question

time_machine didn't return the right datetime.

time_machine.py

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(take_int, the_string):
    if the_string == 'minutes':
        offset = datetime.timedelta(minutes=take_int)
    elif the_string == 'hours':
        offset = datetime.timedelta(hours=take_int)
    elif the_string == 'days':
        offset = datetime.timedelta(days=take_int)
    else:
        offset = datetime.timedelta(days=take_int*365)
        return starter + offset

Answer 1 · 2021-12-07T06:58:43Z

December 7, 2021 6:58am

Your return line is indented too far. Where it is now makes it part of the final else condition, so it isn't being performed in the other cases.

Otherwise, good job!

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