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matthew mahoney
Python Development Techdegree Student 2,536 PointsStill lost on date.times
Hey there, Floundering in this date.time video series. Needing some help. My plan is to go back and thoroughly review this series and make it stick. Right now, just sorta lost....
## Examples
# to_string(datetime_object) => "24 September 2012"
# from_string("09/24/12 18:30", "%m/%d/%y %H:%M") => datetime
def to_string(datetime.datetime):
3 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsHey matthew mahoney, there are two aspects to dealing with datetime object. Basically converting data into (strptime) and out of (strftime) a datetime object; and manipulating datetime objects and the related timedelta objects.
For functions that manipulate a datetime object, the function parameter can be a regular variable name, say, date1, etc.
Adatetime object can be used in math equations. When added or subtracted, two datetime objects yield a new timedelta object. Math between a datetime object and a timedelta Yields a new datetime object.
So the form of your solutions would be:
def my_func(string, format):
# call to strptime
# return results
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!
matthew mahoney
Python Development Techdegree Student 2,536 Pointsokay, supposed to be strftime but... still doesn't work
matthew mahoney
Python Development Techdegree Student 2,536 Pointsmatthew mahoney
Python Development Techdegree Student 2,536 PointsOkay, so I liked your ab joke... lol
I sorted the last challenge but this one still has me stumped.
"Create a function named to_string that takes a datetime and gives back a string in the format "24 September 2012"."
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsYou’re very close. “To string” needs to use
strftimesince it’s a str-Formatted-time.The object
remove the
date1is adatetimeobject so it has the methodstrftime..datetimematthew mahoney
Python Development Techdegree Student 2,536 Pointsmatthew mahoney
Python Development Techdegree Student 2,536 PointsOkay, Chris Freeman finally got that one! Now to the second half Strptime... any clues for this one?