TypeError - datetime.datetime is not callable

Question

I have a class that I'm trying to call a datetime object on - I need it in a function as it is being monkey patched elsewhere. For some reason I'm getting an error. This is the class.

import datetime

class Boo(BaseOperator):
   
    @apply_defaults
    def __init__(
        self,
        *args,
        **kwargs,
    ):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    @staticmethod
    def get_datetime() -> datetime.datetime:
        return datetime.datetime.today()

    def do(self):
        name = f"hello/{self.get_datetime().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}"

and the error i get when running it is:

    def do(self):
>       name = f"hello/{self.get_datetime().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}"
E       TypeError: 'datetime.datetime' object is not callable

can someone help? I don't understand what's wrong...

Answer 1

I think I found my error. It was in the monkey patching. I didn't actually think that would be causing issues.
I was monkey patching to return datetime.datetime(2021, 11, 11)
When I should have monkey patched to return lambda *args: datetime.datetime(2021, 11, 11) .