Why does trying to use `datetime.strptime` result in " 'module' object has no attribute 'strptime'"?
datetime, datetime-format, python, string, type-conversion
Solution
You should be using `datetime.datetime.strptime`. Note that very old versions of Python (2.4 and older) don't have `datetime.datetime.strptime`; use `time.strptime` in that case.
Problem
I'm using strptime to convert a date string into a `datetime`. According to the linked page, formatting like this should work: ``` >>> # Using datetime.strptime() >>> dt = datetime.strptime("21/11/06 16:30", "%d/%m/%y %H:%M") ``` My code is: ``` import datetime dtDate = datetime.strptime(sDate,"%m/%d/%Y") ``` where `sDate = "07/27/2012"`. (I understand, from the same page, that `%Y` is "Year with century as a decimal number.") I have tried putting the actual value of sDate into the code: ``` dtDate = datetime.strptime("07/27/2012","%m/%d/%Y") ``` but this does not work. The error I get is: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'strptime' What am I doing wrong?