How to convert a time string to seconds?

Question

I need to convert time value strings given in the following format to seconds, for example:

1.\'00:00:00,000\' -> 0 seconds

2.\'00:00:10,000\' -> 10 s         


        

Answer 1

There is always parsing by hand

>>> import re
>>> ts = ['00:00:00,000', '00:00:10,000', '00:01:04,000', '01:01:09,000']
>>> for t in ts:
...     times = map(int, re.split(r"[:,]", t))
...     print t, times[0]*3600+times[1]*60+times[2]+times[3]/1000.
... 
00:00:00,000 0.0
00:00:10,000 10.0
00:01:04,000 64.0
01:01:09,000 3669.0
>>>