python - Error when calling datetime.date() -

i have 2 versions, both don't work reason can't tell.

first version

from datetime import datetime, date  d = datetime.date(2011, 01, 01) print(d) 

which gives

  file "timesince.py", line 3     d = datetime.date(2011, 01, 01)                              ^ syntaxerror: invalid token 

second version

from datetime import datetime, date  d = datetime.date(2011, 1, 1) print(d) 

which gives

traceback (most recent call last):   file "timesince.py", line 3, in <module>     d = datetime.date(2011, 1, 1) typeerror: descriptor 'date' requires 'datetime.datetime' object received 'int' 

running python 3.3

you imported date datetime, work:

>>> d = date(2011, 1, 1) >>> d datetime.date(2011, 1, 1) 

no need put datetime infront

when import method module, no longer use name of module call method because imported specific method!

note:

your first instance invalid syntax because can't have 0 in beginning of integer in python. must use way: date(2011, 1, 1) , not way: date(2011, 01, 01)