How to get the difference in seconds between two datetimes(in PDT format) using python?

Question

I have start_time='Tue Jun 6 06:01:43 PDT 2017' and stop_time='Tue Jun 6 06:02:04 PDT 2017'. I need to calculate the difference between those 2 dates in seconds/minutes/hours OR hours:minutes:seconds

I have tried datetime(stop_time) - datetime(start_time) and I'm facing this error TypeError: an integer is required

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4362491/how-do-i-check-the-difference-in-seconds-between-two-dates — L_Church, Jan 25 '18 at 11:30
Possible duplicate of [How do I check the difference, in seconds, between two dates?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4362491/how-do-i-check-the-difference-in-seconds-between-two-dates) — Bailey Parker, Jan 25 '18 at 11:47
The question in the above link and the question I have posted are different @BaileyParker. — Krishna, Jan 25 '18 at 12:34

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '18 at 11:33

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You can use the dateutil to convert the string datetime to datetime object

Sample:

from dateutil import parser


start_time='Tue Jun  6 06:01:43 PDT 2017' 
stop_time='Tue Jun  6 06:02:04 PDT 2017'

dt_start = parser.parse(start_time)
dt_end = parser.parse(stop_time)

print dt_end - dt_start

Result:

0:00:21

answered Jan 25 '18 at 11:33

Rakesh

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I'm getting the result like 21000000000 – Krishna Jan 25 '18 at 12:11
I'm adding that result to a dictionary like pupils_dict['tottime'] = dt_end - dt_start. I'm getting like datetime.timedelta(0, 21) – Krishna Jan 25 '18 at 12:17
What version of python? – Rakesh Jan 25 '18 at 12:23
Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 23 2017, 15:49:48) – Krishna Jan 25 '18 at 12:25
Ok. This should give you the difference in string pupils_dict['tottime'] = (dt_end - dt_start).__str__() – Rakesh Jan 25 '18 at 12:30
Ohhh. Then can I get only in seconds like 21? – Krishna Jan 25 '18 at 12:32
To get only seconds use pupils_dict['tottime'] = (dt_end - dt_start).seconds – Rakesh Jan 25 '18 at 12:36

How to get the difference in seconds between two datetimes(in PDT format) using python?

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