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

Posted by Adrian Torrente Tenreiro
Adrian Torrente Tenreiro
12,540 Points

Timestamp() Got the wrong number of minutes. Expected 1507, got -1507.

Why do i get a negative value?

minutes.py 
import datetime

def minutes(time_now, time_tomorrow):
    number_of_seconds = time_now.timestamp() - time_tomorrow.timestamp()
    return round(number_of_seconds / 60)

1 Answer

Mark Sebeck
MOD
Mark Sebeck
Treehouse Moderator 37,799 Points
Mark Sebeck
Mark Sebeck
Treehouse Moderator 37,799 Points

The challenge states “The first will always be older and the second newer”. So think of the times stored as the number of seconds since 1970. So the second number will be larger. You want second - first.

Adrian Torrente Tenreiro
Adrian Torrente Tenreiro
12,540 Points

yeah i saw it after thanks