Time object?

[Steve Holden]

Robert Dailey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm well aware of the datetime module, however it is really inconsistent 
> and useless to me. In order to do any arithmetic on time objects, I have 
> to use the 'timedelta' class, which doesn't even allow me to do all the 
> math I want to do.
> 
> For example, I want to do "1 / timeobj", where timeobj might represent a 
> time in the format of "00:00:00.000000". Do I have to code my own class 
> for this, or is there some other third party library out there that will 
> allow me to do this?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
But surely all you really need is a function to convert a timedelta to 
seconds. Like:

secs(td):
   return (td.days*24*3600)+td.seconds+(td.microseconds/1000000.0)

So I don't really see the need for a third party library. It may be 
useless to you: have you considered that your use case might be 
non-standard? Or perhaps you just like to make things difficult.

Once you have your times in seconds then rate calculations are a piece 
of cake.

regards
  Steve
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