Date difference in minutes in Python

Question

How do I calculate the difference in time in minutes for the following timestamp in Python?

2010-01-01 17:31:22
2010-01-03 17:31:22

Answer 1

To calculate with a different time date:

from datetime import datetime

fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
d1 = datetime.strptime('2010-01-01 16:31:22', fmt)
d2 = datetime.strptime('2010-01-03 20:15:14', fmt)

diff = d2-d1
diff_minutes = diff.seconds/60