Convert timedelta to floating-point

Question

I got a timedelta object from the subtraction of two datetimes. I need this value as floating point for further calculations. All that I\'ve found enables the calculation wi

Answer 1

In Python 3.2 or higher, you can divide two timedeltas to give a float. This is useful if you need the value to be in units other than seconds.

time_d_min = time_d / datetime.timedelta(minutes=1)
time_d_ms  = time_d / datetime.timedelta(milliseconds=1)