How to convert a timedelta object into a datetime object
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Solution 1
Since a datetime represents a time within a single day, your timedelta should be less than 24 hours (86400 seconds), even though timedeltas are not subject to this constraint.
import datetime
seconds = 86399
td = datetime.timedelta(seconds=seconds)
print(td)
dt = datetime.datetime.strptime(str(td), "%H:%M:%S")
print(dt)
23:59:59
1900-01-01 23:59:59
If you don't want a default date and know the date of your timedelta:
date = "05/15/2020"
dt2 = datetime.datetime.strptime("{} {}".format(date, td), "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")
print(dt2)
2020-05-15 23:59:59
Solution 2
I found that I could take the .total_seconds() and use that to create a new time object (or datetime object if needed).
import time
import datetime
start_dt_obj = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(start_timestamp)
stop_dt_obj = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(stop_timestamp)
delta = stop_dt_obj - start_dt_obj
delta_as_time_obj = time.gmtime(delta.total_seconds())
This allows you to do something like:
print('The duration was {0}'.format(
time.strftime('%H:%M', delta_as_time_obj)
)
Author by
olamundo
Updated on February 16, 2022Comments
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olamundo about 2 years
What is the proper way to convert a timedelta object into a datetime object?
I immediately think of something like
datetime(0)+deltaObj
, but that's not very nice... Isn't there atoDateTime()
function or something of the sort?