python timestamp difference 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: get time between things python
>>> import datetime
>>> time1 = datetime.datetime.now()
>>> time2 = datetime.datetime.now()
>>> elapsedTime = time2 - time1
>>> elapsedTime
datetime.timedelta(0, 125, 749430)
>>> divmod(elapsedTime.total_seconds(), 60)
(2.0, 5.749430000000004)