AttributeError: type object ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘datetime’ in Python (2 Examples)

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to deal with the AttributeError: type object ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘datetime’ in the Python programming language.

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Example 1: Reproduce the AttributeError: type object ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘datetime’

In Example 1, I’ll explain how to replicate the AttributeError: type object ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘datetime’ in the Python programming language.

Before we can start, we have to load the datetime module as you can see here:

from datetime import datetime        # Import datetime

Then we try to create a datetime object with the following code:

x = datetime.datetime(2022, 8, 6)    # Creating datetime object does not work
# AttributeError: type object 'datetime.datetime' has no attribute 'datetime'

As you can see, the Python console returns AttributeError: type object ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘datetime’ after executing the previous Python syntax.

Let’s solve this problem!

Example 2: Debug the AttributeError: type object ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘datetime’

In Example 2, I’ll show how to fix the AttributeError: type object ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘datetime’.

To resolve the problem, we just have to “import datetime” instead of “from datetime import datetime” as we did it above.

import datetime                      # Import datetime

Similar to the first example, we can now use the code below to create our datetime object:

x = datetime.datetime(2022, 8, 6)    # Creating datetime object works properly
print(x)                             # Print properly created datetime object
# 2022-08-06 00:00:00

Looks good. This time we receive a proper output and no error messages are returned anymore.

Similar Error Messages

When working with the datetime module in Python, there can also be error messages related to AttributeError: type object ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘datetime’

Below, you can find a list of similar errors:

• AttributeError: type object ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘timedelta’
• AttributeError: ‘datetime.datetime’ object has no attribute ‘timestamp’
• AttributeError: module ‘datetime’ has no attribute ‘strftime’
• AttributeError: type object ‘datetime.datetime’ has no attribute ‘fromisoformat’
• AttributeError: module ‘datetime’ has no attribute ‘strptime’
• AttributeError: ‘datetime.datetime’ object has no attribute ‘split’
• AttributeError: ‘datetime.datetime’ object has no attribute ‘read’

Video, Further Resources & Summary

Have a look at the following video on my YouTube channel. I explain the Python code of this article in the video:

Besides the video, you could read the other posts on my website. Some articles about topics such as character strings, dates, data objects, and data conversion can be found below:

• Python AttributeError datetime module has no attribute strptime
• Convert String to datetime Object in Python
• Convert datetime Object to Date Only String in Python
• Convert Object Data Type to String in pandas DataFrame Column in Python
• Convert datetime Object to Seconds, Minutes & Hours in Python
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