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

Maximilian Richly
Maximilian Richly
4,872 Points
Posted by Maximilian Richly
Maximilian Richly
4,872 Points

not sure what I'm doing wrong

help, why is this not working??

minutes.py 
import datetime

def minutes(dt1, dt2):
    minutes = (dt2.seconds() - dt1.seconds()) / 60
    return minutes

2 Answers

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
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Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Hi Maximilian - The challenge is asking you to use timedelta.total_seconds() to get the number of seconds. So start by the subtracting the datetimes to get a timedelta and then call total_seconds() on that. Finally, after dividing by 60 pass the result to the round() function and return it.

Maximilian Richly
Maximilian Richly
4,872 Points
Maximilian Richly
Maximilian Richly
4,872 Points

I tried that, but I'm still having trouble getting it to work. Can you give me an example of the right code?

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Can you post your modified code?