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How to calculate UNIX timestamp difference using python?

I want the diff between two timestamps which are available to me as list of strings.

date_list = ['Tue Sep 25 21:12:32 PDT 2018', 'Tue Sep 25 21:15:27 PDT 2018']

How do I get the difference in minutes or in hours ?

I saw some examples, but they are using different format of UNIX timestamp. I can't change the given date format.

Solution

  • I suggest to use dateutil. For instance

    from dateutil import parser

d1 = parser.parse(date_list[0])
d2 = parser.parse(date_list[1])

    at this point d1 and d2 are standard datetime objects and you can use the standard methods/operators to operate on them