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

Mona Jalal
Mona Jalal
4,302 Points
Posted by Mona Jalal
Mona Jalal
4,302 Points

bummer!

Why the following doesn't work?

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

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

1 Answer

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

Hi Mona - The difference is a timedelta. So just call total_seconds() on that and then divide by 60 and return:

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