title: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dateutil.parser'; 'dateutil' is not a package
body: <p>i am new to python and i have been using the following code </p>
  
  <pre><code>import dateutil.parser as parser
  text = 'Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:14:05 +0000'
  date = parser.parse(text)
  print(date.isoformat())
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>suggested by the example on the site .</p>
  
  <p>but i am getting the 'ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dateutil.parser'; 'dateutil' is not a package'</p>
  
  <p>i have already used the few solution from the similar question but non solved my problem </p>
  
  <p>even after installing dateutil and also upgraded it with pip install python-dateutil --upgrade .</p>
  
  <p>But still the problem continues .</p>
  
  <p>Could any one help me out of this slump. </p>
  
  <p>and also could some one help me understand dateutil and parser .</p>