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Python Dates and Times in Python (2014) Dates and Times Timedelta Minute

Welby Obeng
Welby Obeng
20,340 Points
Posted by Welby Obeng
Welby Obeng
20,340 Points

how come my code is not working

how come my code is not working?

minutes.py 
import datetime

def minutes(datetime1, datetime2):
  datetime3 = datetime1 -  datetime2
  return round(datetime3.seconds/60)

1 Answer

Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points
Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points

If the second datetime passed to the function is the newer (bigger) one, you'll want to subtract the first value from it.