how to get time difference between two dates in python code example

Example 1: python difference in dates in seconds

future_date = datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 2)
past_date = datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1)

difference = (future_date - past_date)
Calculate difference in time


total_seconds = difference.total_seconds()
Convert time difference to seconds


print(total_seconds)
OUTPUT
86400.0

Example 2: day difference between two dates in python

from datetime import date
d0 = date(2017, 8, 18)
d1 = date(2017, 10, 26)
delta = d1 - d0
print(delta.days)