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

Ehor Stashchyshyn
Ehor Stashchyshyn
5,201 Points
Posted by Ehor Stashchyshyn
Ehor Stashchyshyn
5,201 Points

Im little confused, why do it says me that my code gives incorrect time? Its give correct one, i have tested

Bummer: Try again!

far_away.py 
import datetime

def far_away(timedelta):
    timedelta = datetime.datetime.now()
    print(timedelta)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

The instructions say: "Add that timedelta to datetime.datetime.now() ..."

But this code is re-assigning the argument instead of adding it. And the instructions say to return the result instead of printing it.