Datetime has no attribute datetime

Question

I want to return datetime.datetime.strptime(date_visit,"%Y-%m-%d") into my function read_file but python keeps saying that datetime.datetime has no attribute datetime? In the function where I return it´s working. Pls help anyone.

return datetime.datetime.strptime(date_visit,"%Y-%m-%d") 




def read_file(date): 

  all_animals = list() 

  day = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_visit,"%Y-%m-%d").isoweekday()


  datetime.datetime.strptime(date_visit,"%Y-%m-%d") 


  workingday = [1,2,3,4,5]

similar post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12906402/type-object-datetime-datetime-has-no-attribute-datetime — Hussain, Dec 08 '16 at 08:53
Possible duplicate of [type object 'datetime.datetime' has no attribute 'datetime'](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12906402/type-object-datetime-datetime-has-no-attribute-datetime) — John Lyon, Mar 07 '18 at 00:17

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 08 '16 at 09:07

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Just replace import datetime.datetime by import datetime

answered Dec 08 '16 at 09:07

khelili miliana

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ettanany · Answer 2 · 2016-12-08T09:03:09.693

Of course datetime.datetime does not have the attribute datetime. You should use it like this:

from datetime import datetime

datetime.strptime(...)

Or:

import datetime

datetime.datetime.strptime(...)

To use datetime.datetime.strptime() you need to import the whole module:

import datetime

The second datetime is a type in the first one, and it has strptime() function. For more details please check this link:

datetime — Basic date and time types

Datetime has no attribute datetime

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