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Hey guys,

I'm trying to change the date format of when an AWS server was launched into something more readable for the user.

I'm getting this error:

Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ".\aws_ec2_terminate_instances.py", line 47, in <module>
    datetime(launch_time)
TypeError: an integer is required (got type datetime.datetime)

And this is my code:

import datetime
from datetime import datetime
instance = ec2.describe_instances(
	InstanceIds=[instance_id]
	)['Reservations'][0]['Instances'][0]   
launch_time = instance['LaunchTime']
datetime(launch_time)
launch_time_friendly = launch_time.strftime("%B %d %Y")
print("Server was launched at: ", launch_time_friendly)

This is the value of launch_time:

2019-03-04 19:13:20+00:00

How can I go about this in the correct way?

Line 7 doesn't actually do anything. It tries to create a datetime instance and then discards it.
Simply removing that line should work.

(Mar-04-2019, 08:40 PM)stranac Wrote: [ -> ]Line 7 doesn't actually do anything. It tries to create a datetime instance and then discards it.
Simply removing that line should work.

Ok thanks! That does work when I remove the line. Appreciate the help!