Syntax Problem with strptime in Python 2.4

[W. eWatson]

Apparently, use of strptime of datetime needs a workaround in Python 2.4 to
work properly. The workaround is d =
datetime.datetime(*(time.strptime(date_string, format)[0:5])). However, when
I try to use it, or even use it the regular way, it fails with
AttributeError: type object 'datetime.datetime' has no attribute 'datetime'.
From the following code code segment:

format = '%Y%m%d_%H%M%S'
#d=datetime.strptime('20080321_113405', format)-- typical use
print time.strptime('20080321_113405', format)[0:5]
d = datetime.datetime(*time.strptime('20080321_113405', format)[0:5])

Does anyone know how to make this work in 2.4? If not, is there a way to
achieve the same result?
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[sk...@pobox.com]

>> Apparently, use of strptime of datetime needs a workaround in Python
>> 2.4 to work properly. The workaround is d =
>> datetime.datetime(*(time.strptime(date_string,
>> format)[0:5])). However, when I try to use it, or even use it the
>> regular way, it fails with AttributeError: type object
>> 'datetime.datetime' has no attribute 'datetime'.

Works for me:

>>> import datetime
>>> format = '%Y%m%d_%H%M%S'
>>> import time

>>> print time.strptime('20080321_113405', format)[0:5]

(2008, 3, 21, 11, 34)

>>> d = datetime.datetime(*time.strptime('20080321_113405', format)[0:5])

>>> d
datetime.datetime(2008, 3, 21, 11, 34)

Python 2.4.4, Mac OS X 10.5.4.

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[Diez B. Roggisch]

W. eWatson wrote:

> Apparently, use of strptime of datetime needs a workaround in Python 2.4
> to work properly. The workaround is d =
> datetime.datetime(*(time.strptime(date_string, format)[0:5])). However,
> when I try to use it, or even use it the regular way, it fails with
> AttributeError: type object 'datetime.datetime' has no attribute
> 'datetime'.
> From the following code code segment:
>
> format = '%Y%m%d_%H%M%S'
> #d=datetime.strptime('20080321_113405', format)-- typical use
> print time.strptime('20080321_113405', format)[0:5]
> d = datetime.datetime(*time.strptime('20080321_113405', format)[0:5])
>
> Does anyone know how to make this work in 2.4? If not, is there a way to
> achieve the same result?

This is not what you think it is. All your problem is that you do

from datetime import datetime

which imports the datetime-class, but then try to access

datetime.datetime

as if you had done

import datetime.

This actually is a wart in the datetime-module - it would be better if the
classes in there would follow PEP-8.

Diez

[W. eWatson]

That's it. Thanks.