title: How do I use the datetime module in IronPython?
body: <p>I am trying to port a program of mine from running on the CPython interpreter to IronPython. The latest part that stumps me is where I use the datetime class from the datetime module.  Here is what happens when I try to use the strptime function.</p>
  
  <pre><code>» from datetime import datetime
  » dt = datetime.strptime("21/11/06 16:30", "%d/%m/%y %H:%M")
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "&lt;string&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
  AttributeError: 'type' object has no attribute 'strptime'
  » 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there something I need to be aware of that makes datetime specially different in IronPython?</p>