Comparing Time using datetime module in python

Question

I have to find if a certain period of time in the format datetime.datetime.now().replace(microsecond=0) is greater than 5 minutes. How can I do that? This is my code:

ttime = datetime.now().replace(microsecond=0)
print "Current Time:- "+str(ttime)
a = raw_input("Press y and Enter")
if a=="y":
    print "OK!"
    ntime = datetime.now().replace(microsecond=0)
    difference = ntime-ttime
    if difference> #I don't know what to put!:
        print "Difference is greater than 5 min"
    else:
        print "Difference is not greater than 5 min"

Possible duplicate of [How do I find the time difference between two datetime objects in python?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1345827/how-do-i-find-the-time-difference-between-two-datetime-objects-in-python) — fredtantini, Mar 07 '17 at 11:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '17 at 11:34

You can use difference = timedelta(minutes=5):

>>> from datetime import datetime, timedelta
>>> ttime = datetime.now().replace(microsecond=0)
>>> ntime = datetime.now().replace(microsecond=0)
>>> ntime - ttime > timedelta(minutes=5)
True

timedelta object initialized with 5 minutes:

>>> timedelta(minutes=5)
datetime.timedelta(0, 300)

To get more information read the docs about timedelta objects.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 07 '17 at 11:39

import datetime
ttime = datetime.datetime.now().replace(microsecond=0)
print "Current Time:- "+str(ttime)
a = raw_input("Press y and Enter")
if a=="y":
    print "OK!"
    ntime = datetime.datetime.now().replace(microsecond=0)
    if ttime < ntime - datetime.timedelta(minutes=5):
        print "Difference is greater than 5 min"
    else:
        print "Difference is not greater than 5 min"

Comparing Time using datetime module in python

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