Here is what is happening:
- you named your file
datetime.py
for testing - then you wrote
import datetime
inside it, because that’s the module you want to try out
What happens when you run the file, is that:
- Python first looks into your local directory for a module called
datetime
- Since Python only finds your original file, it makes an empty module file called
datetime.pyc
, because it expects you to build upon it
Luckily, the nice people at StackOverflow made you aware of this naming error, and you renamed your datetime.py
file to something else. But confusingly you still get errors and the frustration slowly builds…
Solution:
- Always make sure that your filenames aren’t equal to any Python module you want to import
- If you still forget, then make sure to delete or rename both the local
.py
script and the local.pyc
file. This should fix your problem.
The reason this is such a common error, is that people like testing stuff when programming. And when they do, the natural inclination of most people is to make a script with the same name as the thing they want to test. However that’s one of the first gotchas most Python developers run into. If the cool people that designed Python read Donald Norman before making their system, this would never be a problem. But as it is, we just have to adjust to how the Python module system works before naming our files. Note: There are still reasons for the Python module system working this way, however that doesn’t preclude it from being confusing to beginners.
This error occurs when you import the datetime class from the datetime
module using
from datetime import datetime
and then try to create a datetime object using the class constructor datetime.datetime()
.
You can solve this error by removing the extra datetime when creating a datetime object or using:
import datetime
instead of:
from datetime import datetime
This tutorial will go through the error in detail and how to solve it with code examples.
Table of contents
- AttributeError: ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘datetime’
- Example
- Solution #1: Remove extra datetime
- Solution #2: Use import datetime
- Summary
AttributeError: ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘datetime’
AttributeError occurs in a Python program when we try to access an attribute (method or property) that does not exist for a particular object. datetime is a built-in Python module that supplies classes for manipulating dates and times. One of the classes in datetime is called datetime. It can be unclear when both the module and one of the classes share the same name. If you use the import syntax:
from datetime import datetime
You are importing the datetime
class, not the datetime
module. We can find the attributes of an object of the datetime class using the built-in dir()
function.
from datetime import datetime # dir of object of datetime class obj = datetime(1999, 12, 31) attributes = dir(obj) print('datetime' in attributes)
In the above code, we created an object of the datetime class the assigned its list of attributes returned by dir()
to the variable name attributes
. We then check for the datetime
attribute in the list using the in
operator. When we run this code we see it returns False
.
False
We can see that datetime
is not an attribute of an object of the datetime class.
However, if we import the datetime
module and call the dir
function as we have done above, we will see that datetime
is an attribute of the datetime
module
import datetime # dir of datetime module attributes = dir(datetime) print('datetime' in attributes)
True
The above list shows that datetime
is a class within the datetime
module. Next, we will use an example to demonstrate and solve the error.
Example
Let’s look at an example of creating a datetime object. The datetime
class requires three parameters to create a date: year, month, and day.
from datetime import datetime date = datetime.datetime(2022, 6, 17) print(date)
Let’s run the code to see what happens:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last) Input In [4], in <cell line: 3>() 1 from datetime import datetime ----> 3 date = datetime.datetime(2022, 6, 17) 5 print(date) AttributeError: type object 'datetime.datetime' has no attribute 'datetime'
The error occurs because we imported the datetime
class. When we try to create a date object using datetime.datetime
we are trying to call datetime.datetime.datetime
, which does not exist.
We can solve this error by removing the extra datetime
, as we have imported the datetime
class, creating an object of the class only requires the datetime()
class constructor.
from datetime import datetime date = datetime(2022, 6, 17) print(date)
Let’s run the code to see the result:
2022-06-17 00:00:00
We successfully created a date object.
Solution #2: Use import datetime
The second way to solve this error is to import the datetime module and then access the class constructor through datetime.datetime()
. The first datetime
is the module name, and the second is the class constructor. Let’s look at that the revised code:
import datetime date = datetime.datetime(2022, 6, 17) print(date)
Let’s run the code to see the result:
2022-06-17 00:00:00
We successfully created a date object.
Summary
Congratulations on reading to the end of this tutorial! Remember that from datetime import datetime
imports the datetime
class and import datetime
imports the datetime
module.
For further reading on AttributeErrors involving datetime, go to the article:
- How to Solve Python AttributeError: module ‘datetime’ has no attribute ‘now’
- How to Solve Python AttributeError: ‘datetime.datetime’ object has no attribute ‘timedelta’
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Here’s a quick resolution for import datetime Python error. The reason is your .py python script name and datetime are the same. I’ll show you how this error happens and its resolution.
Here’s the Resolution for ImportError
I’ve created a script called ‘datetime.py.’ to check whether the minute value is ‘odd’ or not. During the import of my python script, I got the import error cannot import name datetime.
My Script: datetime.py
My script’s intention is to find whether the minute value is odd or not.
Python Logic
from datetime import datetime odds = [ 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59 ] right_this_minute = datetime.today().minute if right_this_minute in odds: print("This minute seems a little odd.") else: print("Not an odd minute.")
ImportError
I have imported my datetime.py from Linux. It gives an error «ImportError: cannot import name ‘datetime’ from partially initialized module‘.
Here’s the Resolution for ImportError
I’ve created a script called ‘datetime.py.’ to check whether the minute value is ‘odd’ or not. During the import of my python script, I got the import error cannot import name datetime.
My Script: datetime.py
My script’s intention is to find whether the minute value is odd or not.
Python Logic
from datetime import datetime odds = [ 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59 ] right_this_minute = datetime.today().minute if right_this_minute in odds: print("This minute seems a little odd.") else: print("Not an odd minute.")
ImportError
I have imported my datetime.py from Linux. It gives an error «ImportError: cannot import name ‘datetime’ from partially initialized module‘.
The reason for the error is the .py module name and Python package name both are the same.
Resolution
I’ve renamed the .py module and imported it to Python3. Then, the import is successful.
References
- DateTime Date Types
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In this tutorial, I’ll illustrate how to deal with the AttributeError: type object ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘datetime’ in Python programming.
Example 1: Replicating the Error Message – AttributeError: type object ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘datetime’
To reproduce the error message, we have to load the datetime module as you can see below:
from datetime import datetime # Load datetime
If we afterwards want to work with the datetime function, we get the following output:
date_x1 = datetime.datetime(2018, 2, 7) # Trying to apply datetime function # AttributeError: type object 'datetime.datetime' has no attribute 'datetime'
Example 2: Fixing the Error Message – AttributeError: type object ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘datetime’
To fix the problem, we have to use “import datetime” instead of “from datetime import datetime”:
import datetime # Load datetime module
Now we can properly use the datetime function.
date_x1 = datetime.datetime(2018, 2, 7) # Application of datetime function works fine print(date_x1) # 2018-02-07 00:00:00
Note: This article was created in collaboration with Matthias Bäuerlen. Matthias is a programmer who helps to create tutorials on the Python programming language. You might find more info about Matthias and his other articles on his profile page.
Ошибка Unresolved attribute reference ‘timedelta’ for class ‘datetime’.
Ошибки
Разберем ошибки рода:
Unresolved attribute reference ‘timedelta’ for class ‘datetime’ from datetime import datetime
Они возникают когда модули для работы с датой и временем импортируются одновременно разными способами. Например:
from datetime import datetime
import datetime, timedelta
Надо выбрать один способ и дальше придерживаться его.
Также ошибка будет возникать, если импорт осуществлен одним из способов ниже, а использование другим способом ниже.
import datetime, timedelta
Если импортировать этим способом, то надо обращаться к функциям следующим образом:
datetime.datetime.now() — datetime.timedelta(minutes=float(timer))
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
Этот способ интереснее, он позволяет сократить написание:
datetime.now() — timedelta(minutes=float(timer))