Does it seem very strange that Python time deltas have a "total_seconds" but they don't have a total_minutes, or days, weeks, etc? Python does have an amazing solution for this, but it's incredibly non-obvious. Watch this short video and in 5 minutes you'll be amazed at how it works?
Enjoy this Python short "quick hit" video by Michael Kennedy, a Python Software Fellow and host of the Talk Python To Me podcast.
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0:00 - Introduction
0:45 - Setting the stage with the problem
2:06 - A little code to get us started
3:15 - From seconds to days and weeks (hard way)
3:33 - From timedelta to days and weeks (Pythonic way)
4:38 - From total floating-point days and weeks to combined days and weeks
6:27 - Conclusion
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