Class Functions
Timedelta class provides only one function which is total_seconds(). This method returns the duration provided by the timedelta object in the number of seconds.
Note: For a duration of more than 270 years this method will be accurate for microseconds.
Example: Getting various duration in seconds
Python3
from datetime import timedelta# Getting minimum valueobj = timedelta(hours=1)print(obj.total_seconds())obj = timedelta(minutes=1)print(obj.total_seconds())obj = timedelta(days=1)print(obj.total_seconds()) |
Output
3600.0 60.0 86400.0
Python DateTime – Timedelta Class
Timedelta class is used for calculating differences between dates and represents a duration. The difference can both be positive as well as negative.
Syntax:
class datetime.timedelta(days=0, seconds=0, microseconds=0, milliseconds=0, minutes=0, hours=0, weeks=0)
Example:
Python3
# Timedelta function demonstrationfrom datetime import datetime, timedelta# creating datetime objectsdate1 = datetime(2020, 1, 3)date2 = datetime(2020, 2, 3)# difference between datesdiff = date2 - date1print("Difference in dates:", diff)# Adding days to date1date1 += timedelta(days = 4)print("Date1 after 4 days:", date1)# Subtracting days from date1date1 -= timedelta(15)print("Date1 before 15 days:", date1) |
Output
Difference in dates: 31 days, 0:00:00 Date1 after 4 days: 2020-01-07 00:00:00 Date1 before 15 days: 2019-12-23 00:00:00
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