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

Posted by Clayton William
Clayton William
9,151 Points

python -- datetime

I am not sure what is wrong here.

minutes.py 
import datetime


def minutes(first, second):
  round(second.minute - first.minute)

2 Answers

C H
C H
6,587 Points
C H
C H
6,587 Points

I found this one confusing as well. What happens is when you subract a datetime from a datetime, you get a time delta. If you were to print out that time delta it would contain years:days:seconds:milliseconds ; no minutes in it. Without just giving you the answer, I hope this information helps. The code below is to help clarify what I'm verbally saying.

difference = second - first
print(difference)
# Would be something along the lines of 0:00:4600:1234567

return round(difference.....)
Clayton William
Clayton William
9,151 Points
Clayton William
Clayton William
9,151 Points

Thanks for your quick response! That worked!