How can I format timedelta for display

Question

My script calculate the difference in 2 time. Like this:

lasted = datetime.strptime(previous_time, FMT) - datetime.strptime(current_time, FMT)

Answer 1

You can truncate the seconds when using str by creating a new timedelta object

>>> a = datetime.now()
>>> b = datetime.now()
>>> c = b-a
>>> str(c)
'0:00:10.327705'
>>> str(timedelta(seconds=c.seconds))
'0:00:10'