Convert Python 'min:sec' string into a time object that looks the same, needs to be sorted properly by jQuery tablesorter

Question

For some reason, tablesorter works properly only on strings that represents time lower than '25:00'. It's putting anything above '25:00' lower than '24:12' or '09:24' for example. So I probably need to convert the string to a time format. To be able to use col-index: { sorter: 'time'} in the tablesorter.

This is how it looks now

I've read datetime and time docs, found some great answers on SO, but couldn't find exactly what I need.

The closest I get is:

from datetime import datetime

datetime_object = datetime.strptime('12:55', '%M:%S')

print(datetime_object)

>>> 1900-01-01 00:12:55

Answer 1

If you're using my fork of tablesorter, there is an additional countdown parser. Load the parser-duration.js file and set the sorter to "countdown".