Difference Between Two datetimes

[Ben Finney]

"W. eWatson" <wolftracks at invalid.com> writes:

> How do I get the strings into a shape that will accommodate a difference?
>
> For example,
> t1=datetime.datetime.strptime("2009/01/02 13:01:15","%y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S")
> doesn't do it.
> ValueError: time data did not match format:  data=2009/01/02 13:01:15
> fmt=%y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S

As the error message indicates, the data input (the string) doesn't
match the specified format.

See the time format specifications at the ‘time.strftime’ documentation
<URL:http://docs.python.org/library/time.html#time.strftime>. Note
especially that ‘%y’ and ‘%Y’ are distinct.

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Ben Finney