At the top of my sample program, I have: import datetime from datetime import *
But import datetime also has to be entered on line 21 as shown. The error is printed at the bottom of the code. Why does the code seem to forget that I have already imported datetime? ============================================================= import datetime from datetime import * d2 = datetime.now() d2i = d2.isoformat() with open("TimeDate.txt", 'r') as infile: for BottleInfo in infile: # loop to find each line in the file for that dose BottleInfo = BottleInfo.strip() if ((BottleInfo[0:3]== "LBD")): BottleData = BottleInfo[0:43].strip() BottleDataA = BottleData[4:14].strip() BottleDataB = BottleData[16:30].strip() BottleDataC = BottleDataA + " " + BottleDataB print("BottleDataC = <" + BottleDataC + ">") print() d1 = BottleDataC import datetime #Why does this have to be here? line 21 dto = datetime.datetime.strptime(d1, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f') dti = dto.isoformat() HoursDiff = int((d2-dto).total_seconds()/3600) print("HoursDiff = " + str(HoursDiff)) print() TimeDateInfo=open("TimeDate.txt", "a") TimeDateInfo.write("{0:>5} {1:>25} {2:>5}\n".format ("LBD", d2i, HoursDiff)) TimeDateInfo.close() print("Done") """ This is the error I get if I comment out line 21: Traceback (most recent call last): File "F:/Med Insulin codes A/A TEST 10-07-2020/ReadWriteTimeDate POSIX Samplea.py", line 38, in <module> dto = datetime.datetime.strptime(d1, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f') AttributeError: type object 'datetime.datetime' has no attribute 'datetime' """ This code will be copied into another program as a function and the presence of import datetime in line 21 causes another error. ================================================================== Footnote: The human brain is one of the most complex things known to man. according to the human brain. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list