How do I define a datetime field in a python dataclass?

Question

trying to get the syntax of the Python 3.7 new dataclass right.

if I want to include a datetime value in my dataclass,

import datetime
from dataclasses import dataclass

@dataclass
class MyExampleWithDateTime:
    mystring: str
    myint: int
    mydatetime: ???

What should I write for ??? for a datetime field?

Answer 1

Like this:

@dataclass
class MyExampleWithDateTime:
    mystring: str
    myint: int
    mydatetime: datetime.datetime