Issue with importing datetime in Python

Question

I know this is a stupid question, but couldn't find an answer anywhere. I want to extract day and month separately into a variable and later on make few manipulations to them, but when I tried below code I keep getting a error. I tried to do the same thing in many different ways and it worked in shell, but doesn't work in my .py file.

from datetime import datetime

now = datetime.now()
print(now.month)

Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/john/Documents/Python/import time.py", line 1, in <module>
    from datetime import datetime
  File "/home/john/Documents/Python/datetime.py", line 3, in <module>
    now = datetime.today()
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'today'

Your traceback does not match your code example. today() is a method for datetime.date instead. — Martijn Pieters
– Martijn Pieters, Commented Apr 10, 2013 at 14:20
If I'm not using today() why I'm getting the error AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'today'? I'm very new to Python and I'm finding this importing very confusing. — Vasar
– Vasar, Commented Apr 10, 2013 at 14:22
Look closely at the traceback. from datetime import datetime imported a different module from what you expected. Remove or rename the /home/john/Documents/Python/datetime.py file.. — Martijn Pieters
– Martijn Pieters, Commented Apr 10, 2013 at 14:24
Your script file is called import time.py; you may want to rename that too. :-) — Martijn Pieters
– Martijn Pieters, Commented Apr 10, 2013 at 14:24
Oh, I feel stupid. Thank you very much for the quick reply! :) — Vasar
– Vasar, Commented Apr 10, 2013 at 14:27

mgilson · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-10 14:21:17Z

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Based on the paths of the errors, It looks like you added a datetime.py file which is shadowing (being imported instead of) the builtin datetime module.

The take-away is don't name your modules the same thing that builtin modules are named

answered Apr 10, 2013 at 14:21

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