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Python Dates and Times in Python (2014) Let's Build a Timed Quiz App Harder Time Machine

Posted by Mohammad Aslam
Mohammad Aslam
6,053 Points

time_machine

Hi there,

Can someone please help me with this one? I am not sure where to begin. Would really appreciate it, I've been stuck here for weeks.

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)

2 Answers

Gabriel Nunes
Gabriel Nunes
6,161 Points
Gabriel Nunes
Gabriel Nunes
6,161 Points

Another, and maybe more pythonesque, way to do it should involve passing the string argument directly to the timedelta instantiation as a kwarg. This way you must create an dictionary and pass it to the object.

time_machine.py 
    def time_machine(value, unit):
    argument = dict([(unit, value)])
    delta = datetime.timedelta(**argument)
    return starter + delta

Do not forget "years" is not a valid keyword for the timedelta, and must be handled with an if statement.