Convert time string expressed as [m|h|d|s|w] to seconds in Python

Question

Is there a good method to convert a string representing time in the format of [m|h|d|s|w] (m= minutes, h=hours, d=days, s=seconds w=week) to number of seconds? I.e.

Answer 1

I usually need to support raw numbers, string numbers and string numbers ending in [m|h|d|s|w].

This version will handle: 10, "10", "10s", "10m", "10h", "10d", "10w".

Hat tip to @Eli Courtwright's answer on the string conversion.

UNITS = {"s":"seconds", "m":"minutes", "h":"hours", "d":"days", "w":"weeks"}

def convert_to_seconds(s):
    if isinstance(s, int):
        # We are dealing with a raw number
        return s

    try:
        seconds = int(s)
        # We are dealing with an integer string
        return seconds
    except ValueError:
        # We are dealing with some other string or type
        pass

    # Expecting a string ending in [m|h|d|s|w]
    count = int(s[:-1])
    unit = UNITS[ s[-1] ]
    td = timedelta(**{unit: count})
    return td.seconds + 60 * 60 * 24 * td.days