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Mary Yang
1,769 PointsPython - combine two user inputs into a date and time datetime object and return them.
OK, I just ran through all this code in workspaces dealing with various issues until I got it all figured out. I was proud and happy as I pasted my newly crafted code into the challenge task and what do I get when I hit submit? "Bummer! Try again!". No useful error code, no explanation why my answer isn't acceptable. Just a lolnope!
This code works in workspaces and returns a datetime just like the question asks. Can someone please explain what's wrong?
Thanks
import datetime
date = "11-16-1976"
time = "01:45"
def time_tango(date, time):
return datetime.datetime.strptime("{}, {}".format(date, time), "%m-%d-%Y, %H:%M")
time_tango(date, time)
Edit: Can you also explain why %I wouldn't work for the hour but %H does? %I is supposed to be a "Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number."
2 Answers
Mikael Enarsson
7,056 PointsThe problem is that they want you to make a function that takes a time object and a date object and combine those. There is a really handy function for it, so it shouldn't be a problem, I think ^^
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherMikael Enarsson is exactly right. You're not making a datetime from strings, you're making it from a date object and a time object.