=+ for strings

[James Smith]

I tried:
    dt=+"{:02d}".format(day)
but I got:
    dt=+"{:02d}".format(day)
TypeError: bad operand type for unary +: 'str'

This works:
    dt=dt+"{:02d}".format(day)

Why can't I do the shortcut on strings?
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