[issue38701] datetime.timedelta string representation is ambiguous

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[issue38701] datetime.timedelta string representation is ambiguous

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[issue38701] datetime.timedelta string representation is ambiguous

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[issue38701] datetime.timedelta string representation is ambiguous

New submission from Serge Matveenko : Negative `timedelta` string representation is ambiguous. ``` >>> from datetime import datetime, timedelta >>> d2 = datetime.now() >>> d1 = d2 - timedelta(days=42, seconds=5) >>> str(d2 - d1) '42 days, 0:00:05' >>> str(d1 - d2) '-43 days, 23:59:55' ``` I wo