Use time.strptime() to parse them into seconds since the start of epoch, and then an ordinary numeric subtraction will work.
Cheers On Monday 02 March 2009 19:45, Judith Flores wrote: > Hello, > > I can't seem to figure out the syntax to calculate the difference in > minutes between two time stamps. I already read the documentation about > datetime and time modules, but I was unable to implement the code. > > My code will be fed with two timestamps (as styrings): > > start="09:35:23" > end="10:23:00" > > Could someone guide me on how to calculate the difference in minutes > between both stamps? > > Your help is very much appreciated. > > Thank you, > > Judith > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor