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

Posted by riccograves2
riccograves2
3,213 Points

Write a function named minutes that takes two

I'm lost. This wasn't shown in the tutorial

minutes.py 
import datetime

def minutes(day1, day2):
    day1 = day1.total_seconds()
    day2 = day2.total_seconds()
    timedelta.total_seconds() = day1 - day2
    return abs(minutes)

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Hey riccograves2, you are close.

The arguments are datetime objects, so subtracting them returns a timedelta object. 

td_obj = day1 - day2

Then td_obj has the total_seconds() method

return abs(td_obj.total_seconds())

since the subtraction returns a TD object you can use the method directly on the result 

return abs((day1 - day2).total_seconds()))

Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!