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

anhedonicblonde
anhedonicblonde
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Posted by anhedonicblonde
anhedonicblonde
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minutes.py - confused about how to go about this one

hi there, I'm having a little issue with datetime and timedelta... I'm not really sure how to go about this challenge. I gave it a shot as you can see but my answer is wrong wrong wrong. Can someone spell this out for me? thanks so much!! :) a

minutes.py 
import datetime

def minutes(datetime1, datetime2):
  minutes = datetime1 - datetime2
  return round(minutes)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

:point_right: Here's a few hints:

  • Remember the challenge said, "You'll need to subtract the first from the second."
  • when you subtract datetimes, you get a timedelta
  • timedeltas have a method you can call to get the duration in seconds
  • you can calculate minutes when you have seconds
anhedonicblonde
anhedonicblonde
3,133 Points
anhedonicblonde
anhedonicblonde
3,133 Points

Thanks for the reply. I think I need to review the video again because I am still lost (except I saw where I was trying to do the subtraction backwards).

update: i get now thanks

import datetime

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