how to add minutes to datatime.time. Python/Pandas

Question

I have a datetime.time object:

A = datetime.time(15, 50)

How can I add 10 minutes so that :

B = A + (10min)
B = datetime.time(16, 0)

Thanks

Edit: Question is not a dup. It involves the transformation from date.time to datetime.datetime as shown by the answer.

What do you expect to happen if the time is actually 23:55 at night? — donkopotamus, Feb 03 '17 at 01:29

donkopotamus · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-03T01:37:33.247

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You will need to transform your time into a fully fledged datetime.datetime before you can add your ten minutes

def add_delta(tme, delta):
    # transform to a full datetime first
    return (datetime.datetime.combine(datetime.date.today(), tme) + 
            delta).time()

Then

>>> add_delta(datetime.time(15, 50), datetime.timedelta(minutes=10))
datetime.time(16, 0)

This will roll times according to clock arithmetic.

>>> add_delta(datetime.time(23, 55), datetime.timedelta(minutes=10))
datetime.time(0, 5)

edited Feb 03 '17 at 01:37

answered Feb 03 '17 at 01:33

donkopotamus

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Why is it necessary to combine with datetime.date.today ? Isn't there a more straight forward answer? – hernanavella Feb 03 '17 at 01:36
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@hernanavella No, there is not – donkopotamus Feb 03 '17 at 01:38

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