[Tutor] Message 'list' object has no attribute 'strptime ?

[greg whittier]

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Wayne Watson
<sierra_mtnview at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

>  Further info. If I put
>     y = time.strptime("11 01 05", "%H %M %S")
> both in the function and in the main body. Only the line above in the
> function produces an error message.
>
> Here's a simple program that creates the problem.
>
> import datetime
>
> def verify_time(in_time):
>     time = in_time.split(":")
>

in_time.split(":") produces a list


>     if len(time) <> 3:
>         print
>         print "Invalid format. Try again. hh:mm:ss, hh is 24 hour time."
>         return False
>     y = time.strptime("11 01 05", "%H %M %S")
>

a list object does not have a strptime method
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