IndentationError: unexpected indent

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#! /usr/bin/python3.6
# 
#
 # dates are easily constructed and formatted
 from datetime import date
 now = date.today()
 now
datetime.date(2003, 12, 2)
 now.strftime("%m-%d-%y. %d %b %Y is a %A on the %d day of %B.")
#'12-02-03. 02 Dec 2003 is a Tuesday on the 02 day of December.'

 # dates support calendar arithmetic
 birthday = date(1964, 7, 31)
 age = now - birthday
 age.days
 
 # File "bday.py", line 5
    # from datetime import date
    # ^
# IndentationError: unexpected indent
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This is indented by a space. I needs to be against the left edge.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson cs@cskk.id.au

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thanks. I got it corrected.
I got it from here.

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/stdlib.html#dates-and-times

It looks mostly designed to use from the command line.

I am looking for commands to use in an actual .py script.

>>> # dates are easily constructed and formatted
>>> from datetime import date
>>> now = date.today()
>>> now
datetime.date(2003, 12, 2)
>>> now.strftime("%m-%d-%y. %d %b %Y is a %A on the %d day of %B.")
'12-02-03. 02 Dec 2003 is a Tuesday on the 02 day of December.'

>>> # dates support calendar arithmetic
>>> birthday = date(1964, 7, 31)
>>> age = now - birthday
>>> age.days
14368
4

The tutorial used interactive examples, but all stdlib modules are intended for files also.

5

Click on the button in the top-right corner to get rid of the REPL (interactive mode) prompt and make the code easier to copy. The space is part of the prompt ">>> ", not parto of the Python code.

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The first statement of a Python program cannot be indented. You start at indentation level 0.

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