can't import import datetime in script [duplicate]

Question

I cannot import datetime from a python script, but I can from the terminal command line.

1)import datetime
2)From datetime import datetime

month = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%B")
print month

These lines of code work when entered one by one into the command line Any ideas?

I'm running 2.7 on mac

Answer 1

You named your script datetime.py, located at /Users/ripple/Dropbox/Python/datetime.py. This is being imported instead of the standard library module, because the directory of the main script is the first place Python looks for imports.

You cannot give your scripts the same name as a module you are trying to import. Rename your script. Make sure you also delete the bytecode cache at /Users/ripple/Dropbox/Python/datetime.pyc.