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

daniel refael
daniel refael
1,679 Points
Posted by daniel refael
daniel refael
1,679 Points

I do not understand what I am doing here wrong

I do not understand what I am doing here wrong

far_away.py 
import datetime
from datetime import timedelta



def far_away(h, m, s):
    return datetime.datetime.now()+ datetime.timedelta(hours=h, minutes=m, seconds=s)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

The instructions ask for a function "that takes one argument, a timedelta", but the code shown here creates a function that takes three arguments that are an hour, a minute, and a second.

So you won't need to make a new timedelta, just use the one that will be passed in.