[Tutor] Difference in minutes between two time stamps

[Chris Fuller]

Use time.strptime() to parse them into seconds since the start of epoch, and 
then an ordinary numeric subtraction will work.

Cheers

On Monday 02 March 2009 19:45, Judith Flores wrote:
> Hello,
>
>    I can't seem to figure out the syntax to calculate the difference in
> minutes between two time stamps. I already read the documentation about
> datetime and time modules, but I was unable to implement the code.
>
> My code will be fed with two timestamps (as styrings):
>
> start="09:35:23"
> end="10:23:00"
>
>     Could someone guide me on how to calculate the difference in minutes
> between both stamps?
>
> Your help is very much appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Judith
>
>
>
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