# Renaming datetime.datetime to datetime.DateTime

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/renaming-datetime-datetime-to-datetime-datetime/26279>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [April 27, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/renaming-datetime-datetime-to-datetime-datetime/26279 "2023-04-27T21:03:32Z")\
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I follow the advice of @adamchainz:

> For these reasons, I use this import idiom and recommend you do too:
> 
> ```python
> import datetime as dt
> 
> ```
> 
> Rather than any of:
> 
> ```python
> import datetime
> 
> ```
> 
> ```python
> from datetime import datetime # or time, timezone
> 
> ```
> 
> Then in your code, `dt.datetime`, `dt.time`, and `dt.timezone` will be unambiguous.

> **[How I Import Python’s datetime Module - Adam Johnson](https://adamj.eu/tech/2019/09/12/how-i-import-pythons-datetime-module/)**
>
> Python’s datetime module risks a whole bunch of name confusion:

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