[RIDE] How to import the python datetime module

[Avihay Eyal]

Hi, I'm trying to call the Evaluate keyword, with a python expression using the datetime module (I'm trying to get the local time,
and subtract certain amount of minutes from it). The problem is that the datetime module is not recognized. I receive this error:

failed: NameError: name 'datetime' is not defined

I tried to import the datetime module as a Library in the testsuite definitions, but RIDE fails to import it. It says it needs

What's the right way to use the datetime module

[Tatu Aalto]

Ugh

Best way would be to make a library [1] from your code use it as a
keyword from Robot Framework

-Tatu
[1]
http://robotframework.googlecode.com/hg/doc/userguide/RobotFrameworkUserGuide.html?r=2.8.1#creating-test-libraries

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[Kevin O.]

With evaluate you can name modules for the modules argument, but not classes in modules like datetime.datetime. Perhaps you are doing this?

${now}=    Evaluate    datetime.now()    datetime.datetime

When you should do

${now}=    Evaluate    datetime.datetime.now()    datetime

[Avihay Eyal]

Thanks, you're right, I missed it.