Discover challenging Python brain teasers that test your skills and stretch your thinking. Gain insights into advanced concepts and enhance your understanding of this versatile language.

Forget Scrabble, Boggle, or Wordle. Tease your mind and test your skills with these fun brain teasers designed to stretch your thinking and expand your understanding of one of the most widely used languages out there. 

Python is simple. These puzzles are not. Good luck!

Python Brain Teasers

# Try it yourself
Try executing the code below to verify the result:

from datetime import datetime

date = datetime(10_000, 1, 1)
print(f'The party started on {date:%B, %d %Y} and lasted a 10 days')

# Explanation

Computers and time have a complicated relationship. There are daylight saving time changes, leap years, multiple time zones, and other factors to consider.

Computers store time as the number of seconds that elapsed since January 1, 1970, GMT, also known as **Unix** or **Epoch** time. This means that in 2038, time will overflow on 32-bit machines. Ouch!



Let’s learn how the datetime module works in Python.

Before We Begin

Python Puzzles

Wrapping Up

Puzzle 21: Explanation

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Explanation