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

FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
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Posted by FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
17,796 Points

problems with minutes.py

i am having problem understanding what the question is asking from me

minutes.py 
import datetime 

def minutes(datetime, datedelta):
    timedelta.total_seconds()

2 Answers

William Li
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William Li
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William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

First thing first, the TWO arguments to this function are 2 datetime values, you should name 'em dt1, dt2 sth like that to avoid naming confusion to people reading the code.

You're correct in using the timedelta.total_seconds() to tackle this problem.

The important things here is that timedelta should be the difference between dt1 and dt2. Hence -> (dt2-dt1).total_seconds(), this operation will return the value in seconds. The challenge wants you to convert it into mins and rounded.

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

Hope it helps.