Python: Yet Another AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute
attributeerror, python
Solution
The problem is that you have or at one time had a `time.py` file in the directory where you run the script, causing the wrong `time` module to be imported.
Even if you remove the `time.py` file, there still is a compiled `time.pyc` file that gets imported.
Problem
I tried reading through some of the other questions but I still can't get it to work. Basically I'm using a quick and dirty function called time_string() to return the date and time in a string formatted the way I want. If I run time_string directly, it works fine. If I call it from another function I get an AttributeError. time_string ``` import time def time_string(): #Never mind the unreadable formatting return str(time.localtime().tm_hour)+':'+str(time.localtime().tm_min)+':'+str(time.localtime().tm_sec)+\ ' '+str(time.localtime().tm_year)+'/'+str(time.localtime().tm_mon)+'/'+str(time.localtime().tm_mday) if __name__ == '__main__': print time_string() ``` Running time_string directly 13:46:13 2012/7/19 Other function ``` from misc.time_string import time_string def main(): print time_string() if __name__ == '__main__': main() ``` Running other function Traceback (most recent call last): File "#Filepath#", line 10, in main() File "#Filepath#", line 7, in main print time_string() File "#Filepath#", line 9, in time_string ' '+str(time.localtime().tm_year)+'/'+str(time.localtime().tm_mon)+'/'+str(time.localtime().tm_mday) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'localtime' I'm assuming its some issue with time not getting imported or something but it's boggling my mind Thanks for the help!