Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

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

Posted by Andrey Klimushin
Andrey Klimushin
3,614 Points

Why mu minutes.py is not working

what should I change

minutes.py 
import datetime
def minutes(dt1, dt2):
    one = datetime.datetime(seconds = dt1)
    two = datetime.datetime(seconds = dt2)
    res = round(int((two-one).total_seconds()/ 60))

    return res

2 Answers

Dustin James
Dustin James
11,364 Points
Dustin James
Dustin James
11,364 Points

You are so close. Try to simplify your code a bit.

import datetime

def minutes(dt1, dt2):
    #the first gets subtracted from the second
    diff = dt2 - dt1
    #need to access the seconds of the difference time delta
    ans = round(diff.total_seconds()/60)
    return ans

You can just subtract the two known datetime's to get back the difference between the two. Then round the difference.total_seconds()

Andrey Klimushin
Andrey Klimushin
3,614 Points
Andrey Klimushin
Andrey Klimushin
3,614 Points

Oh I see, thanks for the help)