Can't use DateTime in IronPython

Question

I\'m hosting my IronPython in a C# webapp like so:

var engine = Python.CreateEngine();
var scope = engine.CreateSc         


        

Answer 1

Just checked, and the problem is that you're trying to call Today as a method instead of a property. Try this instead (no need to add a reference to System.Core):

import clr
from System import DateTime
theDate = DateTime.Today
print theDate

Answer 2

Try adding a reference to mscorlib instead of System.Core. We changed the default hosting behavior at some point (2.0.1? 2.0.2?) so that this is done by default when hosting. You can do this from your hosting code with:

engine.Runtime.LoadAssembly(typeof(string).Assembly);