After subtracting one datetime from another to get a timedelta, how can I standardise the format to always have the number of days at the front?

Asked Feb 25 '22 at 17:13

Active Feb 25 '22 at 18:24

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I have two datetimes:

When I subtract one from the other and print the timedelta, which is > 1 day, I get this:

>>> 5 days, 23:33:32.265709

But if the timedelta is < 1 day, I get this:

>>> 4:35:16.744049

What I need is the number of days to be at the start of the output even if it is 0 (ideally in HH format) so that I can take that number and carry out logic on it, e.g. if it is greater than 7 days then do this.

edited Feb 25 '22 at 18:24

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asked Feb 25 '22 at 17:13

elephante94

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that is just the built-in string representation of the timedelta type. If you want a different one, write your own formatter, see [Format timedelta to string](https://stackoverflow.com/q/538666/10197418). – FObersteiner Feb 25 '22 at 17:17

After subtracting one datetime from another to get a timedelta, how can I standardise the format to always have the number of days at the front?

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