Help using filter() and map()

Hi once again Stefan! Both map() and filter() are functions which take 2 arguments; a function and an iterable. When calling either of these functions, the first argument passed in should be the function you wish to call on the iterable and the second argument should be the iterable. For this challenge, we need to use filter() to find all the birthdays which are greater than 13 years old and then we use map to apply the date_string function to all of them. Here is how your code should look:

import datetime

birthdays = [
    datetime.datetime(2012, 4, 29),
    datetime.datetime(2006, 8, 9),
    datetime.datetime(1978, 5, 16),
    datetime.datetime(1981, 8, 15),
    datetime.datetime(2001, 7, 4),
    datetime.datetime(1999, 12, 30)
]

today = datetime.datetime.today()

def is_over_13(new_dates):
    return (today - new_dates).days >= 4745

def date_string(dt_new):
    fmt = '%B %d'
    return dt_new.strftime(fmt)

birth_dates = map(date_string, filter(is_over_13, birthdays))

Notice that filter() is nested inside map() because we are only bothered about the birthdays which are over 13. We get all of these birthdays using filter. Once we have all of them, we create a date string by calling the date_string function on them using map. I know this can seem kind of confusing at first, but please rewatch the video and I am sure you will understand :).

Edit:

The difference between map() and filter() is that map loops through the iterable and executes the specified function on each item in the iterable. However, filter() does the same but only returns 'truthy' values. Hope this helps!

Thanks, Haider